ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,493, issued on March 17, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).
"Bio-based lubricant compositions" was invented by Zhisheng Gao (Flemington, N.J.), Nicholas W. Mcbride (Morristown, N.J.), Jose A. Gomez (Houston) and Benjamin D. Eirich (Frenchtown, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricant composition may be used as an engine oil. Such lubricant compositions may, for example, include: from about 25.0 mass % to about 99.8 mass % of an oil base stock, based on a total mass of the lubricant composition, the oil base stock including at least one bio-sourced basestock and at least one alkyl naphth...