ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,505, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Composition including peptization agent" was invented by Guanghui Zhu (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Omer Refa Koseoglu (Istanbul).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition is provided for use in solid catalyst manufacture including an inorganic oxide and a peptization agent, for forming solid catalyst materials having improved structural properties are provided. The peptization agent includes one or more oxidized disulfide oil ("ODSO") compounds. These ODSO compounds as peptization agents serve to improve the adhesion characteristics of the bind...