ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,350, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Phillips 66 Co. (Houston).

"Methods for preparing nano-ordered carbon products from refinery hydrocarbon streams" was invented by Liang Zhang (Owasso, Okla.), Christopher J. LaFrancois (Bartlesville, Okla.), Leonard Nyadong (Owasso, Okla.), Jinfeng Lai (Bartlesville, Okla.), James A. Enterkin (Bartlesville, Okla.) and Paul M. Alvey (Bartlesville, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to methods for preparing carbon materials which can be used in battery electrodes. More specifically, embodiments relate to methods for preparing nano-ordered c...