ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,346, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SUNCOKE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Low-sulfur granulated metallic units" was invented by John Francis Quanci (Haddonfield, N.J.), John Michael Richardson (Devon, Pa.), Patrick James Mullarkey (Manhattan, Ill.), David James Schwake (Aurora, Ill.), Andrew Michael Butor (Cranberry Township, Pa.), Jonathan Hale Perkins (Lisle, Ill.) and Chun Wai Choi (Lisle, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-sulfur granulated metallic unit having a mass fraction of sulfur between 0.0001 wt. % and 0.08 wt. % is disclosed herein. Additionally or alternatively, the granulated metallic unit ...