MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517046072 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 June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.
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 a...