ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,395, issued on May 13, was assigned to SHELL USA INC. (Houston).
"Biofuel blends" was invented by Nicolaas Van Dijk (Amsterdam), Harish Kumar Balam (Bangalore, India), Michael Richard Pope (London), Daniel Thomas Shiosaki (Houston) and Aldo Caiazzo (Amsterdam).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biofuel includes a mixture of a gasoil generated from hydropyrolysis and hydroconversion of a solid biomass containing lignocellulose. The gasoil has a cetane index less than 46. The biofuel also includes a hydroprocessed ester fatty acid (HEFA) generated from hydrotreating a renewable resource having fats and oils. A cetane index of the biofuel ...