ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,414, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to FF-FUTURE OY (Salo, Finland).
"Method of producing an organic acid in a mixture of molasses and calcium hydroxide" was invented by Simo Ellila (VTT, Finland), Marja Ilmen (VTT, Finland) and Eemeli Hytonen (VTT, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the fields of industrial biotechnology, renewable raw materials and production of organic acids. Specifically, the invention relates to a method of producing an organic acid or a salt thereof. Still, the present invention relates to a mixture comprising legume molasses and calcium hydroxide or a mixture obtained by com...