US Patent Issued to 9449710 CANADA on Sept. 16 for "Process for the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,901, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to 9449710 CANADA INC. (Terrebonne, Canada).

"Process for the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET)" was invented by Adel Essaddam (Terrebonne, Canada) and Fares Essaddam (Terrebonne, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the formation of dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) and mono ethylene glycol (MEG). The present invention also relates to the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and the recovery of dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) and mono ethylene glycol (MEG) using sodium methoxide as a catalyst."

The patent was filed on Sept. 5, 2023,...