ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,775, issued on March 24, was assigned to Indian Oil Corporation Limited (India).

"Automated process for treatment of refinery wastewater" was invented by Manoj Kumar (Faridabad, India), Srikanth Sandipam (Faridabad, India), Ravi Prakash Gupta (Faridabad, India) and Debasis Bhattacharyya (Faridabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for refinery wastewater treatment. More particularly, the present invention relates to an automated process for treatment of refinery wastewater. The process of the present invention provides complete automation for controlling different critical parameters th...