ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,459, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to TOTALENERGIES ONETECH (Courbevoie, France).
"Process for the recycling and cracking waste plastics based oil" was invented by Benjamin Biber (Exton, Pa.), Christine Richardson (Paris la Defense, France), Delphine Minoux (Seneffe, Belgium), Keith Nelson (Aurora, Colo.) and Cindy Adam (Seneffe, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to the purification and treatment of oil produced from the liquefaction of waste polymer like for instance the pyrolysis of waste plastic via the polymerization of dienes prior to further treatments."
The patent was filed on July 13, 2023, unde...