US Patent Issued to Marathon Petroleum on Sept. 8 for "Methods and systems for in-line mixing of hydrocarbon liquids" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,394, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Marathon Petroleum Co. LP (Findlay, Ohio).

"Methods and systems for in-line mixing of hydrocarbon liquids" was invented by Kyle E. Miller (Findlay, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems of admixing hydrocarbon liquids from a plurality of tanks into a single pipeline thereof. The system may include two or more tanks positioned at a tank farm each containing a hydrocarbon liquid therein. The system may include two or more first main pipes, each connected to one of the tanks. The system may include two or more main valves, each connected to one of the first main pipes. The system...