ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,829, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to UOP LLC (Rosemont, Ill.).

"Hydrocarbon upgrading process" was invented by Christopher J. Keturakis (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Suheil F. Abdo (Lincolnshire, Ill.), Anant Patel (Schaumburg, Ill.), Anisha Chakrabarti Erekson (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Seshasayanam Prabhakar (Hoffman Estates, Ill.), Nicholas Mielke (Mount Prospect, Ill.), Avram M. Buchbinder (Chicago), Ping Sun (Hinsdale, Ill.), Joseph Kozlowski (Brookfield, Ill.) and Matthew J. Kline (Darien, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for upgrading a bio-oil stream is disclosed. The process comprises reacting a bio-oil stream w...