US Patent Issued to Marathon Petroleum on Oct. 27 for "Methods and systems for producing cracking resistant asphalt binder using phase angle" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,418, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Marathon Petroleum Co. LP (Findlay, Ohio).

"Methods and systems for producing cracking resistant asphalt binder using phase angle" was invented by Cristian S. Clopotel (Findlay, Ohio), Brian K. Wilt (Findlay, Ohio), Anas A. Jamrah (Findlay, Ohio), Namon E. Crotty (Findlay, Ohio) and Elona Dunaway (Findlay, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Asphalt binders and methods and systems to produce an asphalt binder that has an increased resistance to fatigue cracking and thermal cracking. In embodiments, a method includes, operating a distillation tower to produce an asphalt binder and transporting t...