US Patent Issued to HALDOR TOPSOE on July 1 for "Bed material for thermolytic fragmentation of sugars" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,576, issued on July 1, was assigned to HALDOR TOPSOE A/S (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark).

"Bed material for thermolytic fragmentation of sugars" was invented by Christian Marup Osmundsen (Gentofte, Denmark), Esben Taarning (Frederiksberg, Denmark) and Morten Boberg Larsen (Smorum, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for thermolytic fragmentation of a sugar into a composition comprising C1-C3 oxygenates. In particular, it relates to the use of heat carrying particles providing improved yields of C1-C3 oxygenates and improved fluidization characteristics making it suitable for industrial scale produc...