US Patent Issued to SUNCOKE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT on May 20 for "Decarbonization of coke ovens and associated systems and methods" (Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,119, issued on May 20, was assigned to SUNCOKE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"Decarbonization of coke ovens and associated systems and methods" was invented by John Francis Quanci (Haddonfield, N.J.), Daniel C. Charles (Bakerville, Ill.), Gary Dean West (Lisle, Ill.), Sharla Evatt (Lisle, Ill.), Mark Anthony Ball (Richlands, Va.) and Jason Francis Crum (Lisle, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for removing carbonaceous clinker material from a coke oven are described. A coke oven can be provided including an oven floor, coke, and clinker material deposited on the oven floor. After a temperature of...