ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,404, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SUBURBAN PROPANE LP (Whippany, N.J.).

"Fuel blend composition, system, and method" was invented by John R. Minchew III (Fresno, Calif.), Samuel Brown (Chino Valley, Ariz.) and Antoinette Flores (Orange, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blended fuel composition including a combination of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and dimethyl ether (DME) is provided, as well as a system for fuel blending and methods thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, a fuel blend comprises a combination of propane and renewable dimethyl ether (rDME). In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the fuel bl...