US Patent Issued to Andritz on Nov. 25 for "Method of removing volatile compounds from a lignin-containing material, use of a distillation method, and a lignin-containing material" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,876, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Andritz Oy (Helsinki).

"Method of removing volatile compounds from a lignin-containing material, use of a distillation method, and a lignin-containing material" was invented by Outi Poukka (Metsa, Finland), Katja Salmenkivi (Metsa, Finland), Lauri Pehu-Lehtonen (Helsinki), Pauliina Sjogard (Helsinki), Tarja Tamminen (Espoo, Finland), Tiina Liitia (Espoo, Finland) and Taina Ohra-aho (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of removing volatile compounds from a lignin-containing material, the method comprisi...