US Patent Issued to Marathon Petroleum on June 23 for "Assemblies and methods for enhancing fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes during the FCC process using spectroscopic analyzers" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,637, issued on June 23, was assigned to Marathon Petroleum Co. LP (Findlay, Ohio).

"Assemblies and methods for enhancing fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes during the FCC process using spectroscopic analyzers" was invented by Jeffrey A. Sexton (Findlay, Ohio), Roy Roger Bledsoe Jr. (Findlay, Ohio), Lance T. Campbell (Findlay, Ohio), Randy N. Ridge (Findlay, Ohio) and Brian K. Wilt (Findlay, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assemblies and methods to enhance a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process associated with a refining operation, during the FCC process, may include supplying a hydrocarbon feedstock to first processing un...