MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517046071 A) filed by Evonik Operations Gmbh, Essen, Germany, on May 13, for 'improved method for the depolymerisation of polyethylene terephthalate.'
Inventor(s) include Reinsberg, Philip Heinrich; Zander, Christian; Ruwwe, Johannes; and Blum, Adrian.
The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a method for the depolymerisation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), in which PET is reacted in a mixture containing glycol and MAOR to form bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET; CAS-No.: 959-26-2), wherein MA is an alk...