# Standard Oil Co — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Standard Oil Co has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How William Burton Invented Modern Gasoline Refining](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/1049667/petroleum-cracking-burton) — granted 1913
  A 1913 patent by William Burton that describes a thermal cracking process to turn heavy crude oil into usable gasoline for automobiles.

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