US Patent Issued to IFP Energies Nouvelles on March 18 for "Liquid phase separation of second-generation sugars by adsorption on FAU zeolite having a Si/Al atomic ratio of less than 1.5" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,678, issued on March 18, was assigned to IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Liquid phase separation of second-generation sugars by adsorption on FAU zeolite having a Si/Al atomic ratio of less than 1.5" was invented by Catherine Laroche (Rueil-Malmaison, France), Maria Manko (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Emmanuelle Bracco (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for the liquid-phase separation of xylose from a mixture of C5 and C6 sugars comprising at least xylose and glucose, by adsorption of xylose on a zeolitic adsorbent based on FAU-type zeolite crystals having an...