ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,404, issued on June 24, was assigned to TotalEnergies OneTech (Courbevoie, France).

"Fuel composition rich in aromatic compounds, paraffins and ethanol, and use thereof in particular in competition motor vehicles" was invented by Roland Dauphin (Brussels) and Lisa Serve (Givors, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a fuel composition comprising: (i) 60 to 94% by mass of a hydrocarbon mixture comprising: (a) 35 to 55% by mass of aromatic compounds; (b) 30 to 50% by mass of a mixture of n-paraffins and iso-paraffins containing at least 5 carbon atoms, with a ratio of the amount of iso-paraffins to the ...