ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,771, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NESTE OYJ (Espoo, Finland).

"Method for producing renewable fuel and base oil" was invented by Teemu Rantasalo (Espoo, Finland), Olli Tuomala (Espoo, Finland), Arto Neuvonen (Espoo, Finland) and Jesse Vilja (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a base oil produced from feedstock of biological origin and a method for producing the same. The present disclosure provides base oil blends including the base oil of biological origin and at least one additional base oil."

The patent was filed on Nov. 13, 2020, under Application No. 17/776,902.

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