US Patent Issued to Afton Chemical on May 12 for "Gasoline additive composition for improved engine performance" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,303, issued on May 12, was assigned to Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond, Va.).

"Gasoline additive composition for improved engine performance" was invented by Janice Jianzhao Wang (Glen Allen, Va.) and Julienne Galante-Fox (Midlothian, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides fuel additives including Mannich detergent additive(s) and succinimide detergent additive(s) effective to improve engine performance in both port fuel injected and gasoline direct injection engines."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2023, under Application No. 18/361,286.

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