US Patent Issued to ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND on Sept. 23 for "Processes for the pyrolysis of carbohydrates" (Illinois, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,184, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY (Decatur, Ill.).

"Processes for the pyrolysis of carbohydrates" was invented by William J. Collins (Mt. Zion, Ill.), Josh Terrian (Mt. Zion, Ill.), James Brazdil (Leland, N.C.) and Kevin Martin (Mt. Zion, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various processes for the pyrolysis of carbohydrates to prepare products such as glycolaldehyde are described. Also, various catalysts and processes for preparing catalysts useful for carbohydrate pyrolysis are described."

The patent was filed on April 28, 2021, under Application No. 17/998,344.

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