ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,672, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HV-POLYSACCHARIDES GMBH & Co. KG (Bucha, Germany).

"Method for extracting xylan compounds from comminuted wood components" was invented by Holger Wondraczek (Jena, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for extracting xylan compounds from comminuted wood components using hydrothermal extraction, wherein the hydrothermal extraction is carried out in a fixed-bed reactor with rapid circulation."

The patent was filed on Jan. 13, 2021, under Application No. 17/794,963.

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