ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,009, issued on April 8, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago).
"Plastic waste conversion to lubricant production" was invented by Pingping Sun (Downers Grove, Ill.), Guiyan Zang (Woodridge, Ill.), Theodore R. Krause (Naperville, Ill.), Amgad A. Elgowainy (Lisle, Ill.), Ryan Hackler (Chicago), Massimiliano Delferro (Chicago) and Vincenzo Cappello (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for converting plastic feedstock into a lubricant on an industrial scale can include a reactor having a filter integrated therein to allow for separation and recovery of catalyst so it can be washed and reused in subsequent conversion...