We earlier informed you that, inexplicably, West Virginia and WVU were, seemingly, standing idle while the Chinese government and their Japanese corporate partners filed for a US Patent on Coal-to-Liquid conversion technology, a technology which our assessment suggests is directly derived from the "West Virginia Process" for coal liquefaction.
Now, a long-time rival of West Virginia University, Penn State, has filed for a similar, international, patent on technology for converting coal into liquid fuel.
Excerpt as follows:
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| IPC: | C10G 1/00 (2006.01) | |||||||||||
| Applicants: | THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION [US/US]; 304 Old Main, University Park, PA 16802 (US) (All Except US). SCHOBERT, Harold, H. [US/US]; (US) (US Only). | |||||||||||
| Inventor: | SCHOBERT, Harold, H.; (US). | |||||||||||
| Agent: | FISH, Paul, W. et al.; Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc, 1233 20th Street, N.w., Suite 501, Washington, DC 20036 (US). | |||||||||||
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| Title & Abstract:: | INTEGRATED PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING COAL-BASED JET FUEL, DIESEL FUEL, AND DISTELLATE FUELS | |||||||||||
| Coal-based jet fuel, diesel fuel and/or distillate fuels are produced by selectively introducing a coal-based product directly into the petroleum refinery process flow to thereby create an integrated refinery process for producing the distillate fuels." In case you were wondering, "distillate fuels" would be alcohols and gasoline. So, WVU and WV, and the US, are, as we have thoroughly documented, allowing China and Japan to patent, in the US, the West Virginia Process for converting coal into liquid fuels. And, WVU is sitting on the bench while their long-time rival, Penn State, scores, internationally, with similar technology. | ||||||||||||