ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,471, issued on March 17, was assigned to TOTALENERGIES ONETECH (Courbevoie, France).

"Process for the purification of waste plastics based oil with the help of basic compounds" was invented by Benjamin Biber (Exton, Pa.), Christine Richardson (Paris la Defense, France), Delphine Minoux (Seneffe, Belgium), Keith Nelson (Aurora, Colo.), Cindy Adam (Seneffe, Belgium) and Thomas Coustham (Rogerville, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to the purification and treatment of oil produced from the liquefaction of waste polymer like for instance the pyrolysis of waste plastics via the polymerization of dienes prior t...