ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,753, issued on June 30, was assigned to NUOL Green Chemistry LLC (Little Falls, Minn.).
"Biolubricants for refrigeration systems and other applications" was invented by Setsuo Sato (Piracicaba, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The development of biolubricants from vegetable oils, more specifically refers to capric, caprylic, lauric, myristic, palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, linolenic, ricinoleic, isooleic, isostearic, undecylenic fatty acids whose applications are for compressors in refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, industrial compressors and as lubricants for the automotive line is provided. Such products are used ...