ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,287, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to VRC Technology LLC (Centennial, Colo.).

"Methods and apparatus for carbonaceous fuel and/or feedstock treatment" was invented by Marcus A. Wiley (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Matthew A. Cotton (Parker, Colo.), Darlene K. Sherrod (Parker, Colo.), Marcus K. Wiley (Parker, Colo.), Timothy P. Lenneman (Lakewood, Colo.) and Thomas Kenyon Gale (Highlands Ranch, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The inventive technology includes methods and apparatus for the generation and application of segregated catalytic additives for the pre-combustion treatment of carbonaceous fuel and/or feedstocks. The applicatio...