ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,957, issued on April 15, was assigned to Shandong Hygiya Envtl Protection Equip Co. Ltd. (Zaozhuang, China).

"Process for treating aged oil by electron beam irradiation" was invented by Yi Li (Haikou, China), Xiaohui Fan (Haikou, China), Liping Wei (Haikou, China), Xudong Qing (Haikou, China), Yuan Fan (Haikou, China), Guangchuan Liu (Haikou, China), Dong Yang (Haikou, China), Xiuding Hu (Haikou, China), Haitao Cui (Haikou, China), Liqing Wang (Haikou, China) and Lingli Ren (Haikou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for treating aged oil by electron beam irradiation is disclosed, comprising the following steps: step 1, ho...