ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,649, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL Corp. (Beijing) and SINOPEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Hydrocracking process and system" was invented by Zhihai Hu (Beijing), Changyi Mo (Beijing), Liang Ren (Beijing), Yichao Mao (Beijing), Li Zhuang (Beijing), Xinheng Cai (Beijing), Yi Zhao (Beijing), Guangle Zhao (Beijing), Zhangyan Yan (Beijing) and Yang Zhao (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a hydrocracking process and system. The gas oil feedstock and hydrogen are mixed and reacted in a hydrotreating unit. The resulting reaction effluent is se...