US Patent Issued to Novita Nutrition on Feb. 10 for "Renewable fuels, diesel and methods of generation from renewable oil sources" (Illinois, South Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,846, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Novita Nutrition LLC (Brookings, S.D.).

"Renewable fuels, diesel and methods of generation from renewable oil sources" was invented by Donald L. Endres (Brookings, S.D.) and Steven J. Furcich (Monticello, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for the generation of renewable fuel and/or biofuel from a renewable oil feedstock having a high free fatty acid content. The renewable oil feedstock can be renewable plant oil or renewable animal fat or oil, including renewable corn oil recovered from a by-product of ethanol production, such as distillers corn oil and/or corn oil solvent extracted...