US Patent Issued to Origin Materials Operating on April 22 for "Methods for producing 5-(halomethyl)furfural" (California, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,089, issued on April 22, was assigned to Origin Materials Operating Inc. (West Sacramento, Calif.).

"Methods for producing 5-(halomethyl)furfural" was invented by Alex B. Wood (Sacramento, Calif.), Makoto N. Masuno (Elk Grove, Calif.), Ryan L. Smith (Sacramento, Calif.), John Bissell (West Sacramento, Calif.), Dimitri A. Hirsch-Weil (Sacramento, Calif.), Robert Joseph Araiza (Sacramento, Calif.), Daniel R. Henton (Midland, Mich.) and James H. Plonka (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides methods to produce 5-(halomethyl)furfural, including 5-(chloromethyl)furfural, by acid-catalyzed conversion o...