US Patent Issued to GFBIOCHEMICALS IP ASSETS on June 10 for "Process for the conversion of furfuryl alcohol into a levulinate ester" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,687, issued on June 10, was assigned to GFBIOCHEMICALS IP ASSETS B.V. (Geleen, Netherlands).

"Process for the conversion of furfuryl alcohol into a levulinate ester" was invented by Rudy Parton (Geleen, Netherlands) and Arie De Rijke (Geleen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for the conversion of furfuryl alcohol into a levulinate ester comprising contacting furfuryl alcohol; an alcohol, or a mixture thereof; and a homogeneous catalyst at a first reaction temperature in the range of from 125 to 180deg C. to form a reaction mixture; and forming the levulinate ester in the reaction mixture, ...