ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,352, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SABIC Global Technologies B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).

"Systems and methods for removal of halogenated contaminants from pyrolysis oil by inert gas purging" was invented by Fabrice Cuoq (Geleen, Netherlands), Martijn Marcel Margaret Frissen (Geleen, Netherlands), Carlo Jozef Maria Geijselaers (Geleen, Netherlands) and Kae Wong (Geleen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided here are methods and systems for converting pyrolysis oil with halogenated contaminants to a substantially halogen-free pyrolysis oil by treatment with an inert gas."

The patent was filed on Nov. 23, 2022,...