ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,992, issued on Jan. 20.
"Custom coke production" was invented by Craig Eatough (Provo, Utah), Jonathan S. Heaton (Mapleton, Utah), Leon D. Smoot (Provo, Utah), Steven R. Eatough (Provo, Utah) and Ambar L. Montero (Pleasant Grove, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a method for producing coke that includes mixing at least a first and a second carbonaceous material into a single feedstock of carbonaceous material. The coking feasibility of the single feedstock of carbonaceous material is then determined. The single feedstock is customized into a predetermined material composition, and then the customized single feed...