ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,751, issued on June 30, was assigned to SHANDONG JIANZHU UNIVERSITY (Jinan, China).

"Method for preparing unrefined SAF intermediate using polyols and the SAF intermediate prepared thereby" was invented by Hui Li (Jinan, China), Hengdi Li (Jinan, China), Xiaoling Ma (Jinan, China), Guowei Liu (Jinan, China), Rongren Liu (Jinan, China), Guoning Li (Jinan, China) and Bingwa Nzondelelo (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing unrefined sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) includes: adding a catalyst to a reaction kettle, then adding a polyol solution to fill the reaction kettle; sealing the reaction kettle, introdu...