US Patent Issued to Chevron U.S.A. on March 31 for "Converting a lipid feedstock to fuel" (California, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,258, issued on March 31, was assigned to Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Converting a lipid feedstock to fuel" was invented by Sven Ivar Hommeltoft (Pleasant Hill, Calif.), David Andrew Slade (Ames, Iowa), Deirdra Ann Evers Mcgregor (Richmond, Calif.), Krege Matthew Christison (Martinez, Calif.) and Martin Robert Haverly (Ames, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a method of generating a fuel blend includes flowing a lipid feedstock into a reaction vessel comprising a metal oxide catalyst on an oxide support. The metal oxide catalyst in the reaction vessel is used to catalytically convert the lipid feedst...