ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,515, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to IFP Energies nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France), INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT (Paris) and AGRO INDUSTRIES RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT (Pomacle, France).

"Method for cleaning a reactor for processing a lignocellulosic biomass" was invented by Meriem Bouras (Rueil-Malmaison, France), Caroline Aymard (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Olivier Carnnot (Baccones, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns a method for cleaning a reactor (4) for treating a lignocellulosic biomass (P), said method comprising the following steps:...