ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,252, issued on March 31, was assigned to ExxonMobil Product Solutions Co. (Spring, Texas).

"Pyrolysis method and system for recycled waste" was invented by Xianchun Wu (Longview, Texas), Daryl Bitting (Longview, Texas), Kenny Randolph Parker (Afton, Tenn.), Michael Gary Polasek (Longview, Texas), David Eugene Slivensky (Tatum, Texas) and Damon Ray Billodeaux (Longview, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pyrolysis method and system are provided that utilizes a multistage dehalogenation method to effectively remove halogen-containing compounds that are present in an initial recycled plastic feedstock. More particularly, the multis...