US Patent Issued to COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH on Dec. 9 for "Process for preparation of 2, 5-furan dicarboxylic acid from 5-hydroxymethyl furfural" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,176, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (New Delhi).

"Process for preparation of 2, 5-furan dicarboxylic acid from 5-hydroxymethyl furfural" was invented by Paresh Laxmikant Dhepe (Maharashtra, India), Kalyani Gajananrao Sonone (Maharashtra, India) and Priya Laxmanrao Lokhande (Maharashtra, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a process for the synthesis of furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from glucose or crude hydroxy methyl furfural (HMF) using mixed metal oxides catalyst. The present invention further provides a process for preparation of the mixed metal oxides...