ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,624, issued on May 27, was assigned to Fluid Quip Technologies LLC (Springfield, Ohio).

"System and method for producing a carbohydrate stream from a cellulosic feedstock" was invented by Jeffrey P. Robert (Garden Vallley, Idaho), Neal Jakel (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Donald M. Cannon (Mount Vernon, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for producing carbohydrate (e.g., sugar) streams (and recycling enzymes) from a pretreated or untreated biomass such as cellulosic feedstock, including, for example, "brown stock" feedstock, or waste or recycled fiber sludge produced in the pulp and paper industry, such as for biochemi...