ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,453, issued on July 28, was assigned to SUNCOKE TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT LLC (Lisle, Ill.).

"High-quality coke products" was invented by John Francis Quanci (Haddonfield, N.J.) and Jonathan Perkins (Lisle, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High quality coke products made in horizontal ovens such as heat recovery, non-recovery or Thompson ovens from an optimized coal blend. The coke products have unique properties such as an oblong shape and improved Coke Strength after Reaction (CSR) and Coke Reactivity Index (CRI) properties."

The patent was filed on Sept. 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/466,549.

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