ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,335, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"SO X emission control strategy for marine engine application through formulation of ISO 8217 compliant low-sulfur distillate blend (LSDB) fuels" was invented by Vallinayagam Raman (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Junseok Chang (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for blending fuel streams to produce a low-sulfur distillate blend includes formulating a blend composition using a model, calculating a projected stability of the determined composition using a predictive stability model, and forming a low-sulfur distillate blend...