US Patent Issued to Covation on Dec. 30 for "Process for the production of furfural using a water immiscible organic solvent" (Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,433, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Covation Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Process for the production of furfural using a water immiscible organic solvent" was invented by Keith W Hutchenson (Lincoln University, Pa.), Torren Ryan Carlson (Newark, Del.), Jacob G Dickinson (Wilmington, Del.), David William Drew (Newark, Del.), Paul Joseph Fagan (Wilmington, Del.), Francis G Gallagher (Wilmington, Del.), Isabel Liberis (Pomona, N.Y.), Kenneth E Mersman (Newark, N.Y.) and Gregg Sunshine (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an efficient process for the production of a furan derivative from C5 and/or C6 su...