US Patent Issued to HIS MAJESTY THE KING IN RIGHT OF CANADA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES on Oct. 21 for "Production of hydrocarbon fuels from lignin-derived materials" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,574, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HIS MAJESTY THE KING IN RIGHT OF CANADA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES (Canada).

"Production of hydrocarbon fuels from lignin-derived materials" was invented by Jacques Monnier (Ottawa) and Yi Zhang (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous process for producing hydrocarbon products, such as jet fuel, diesel, and naphtha, from lignin-derived materials comprising lignin oligomers, via hydrodeoxygenation in presence of catalysts under hydrogen pressure. These hydrocarbon products can then be fractionated into fuels such as naphtha, jet fuel, or diesel. Preferably, ...