MUMBAI, India, May 16 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517038594 A) filed by Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, U.S.A., on April 22, for 'process for recycling poly (alkylene terephthalate).'
Inventor(s) include Boaz, Neil, Warren; and Stapleton, Jennifer, Lloyd.
The application for the patent was published on May 16, under issue no. 20/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a facile process for preparing dimethyl terephthalate, the process comprising treating a polyester stream with a C4-C14 alkanol in the presence of an esterification or transesterification catalyst in order to depolymerize the polyester. Cooling of this mixture allows removal of ...