ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,863, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Revalyu Resources GmbH (Kleinostheim, Germany).

"Process for recycling polyethylene terephthalate using different mono-ethylene glycol levels" was invented by Suresh L. Makhija (Mumbai, India), Dhanvant Yeola (Nashik, India) and Christian Neumann (Hanau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect is a method for producing a first intermediate product. A feedstock is provided that comprises a first polyester. The feedstock is contacted with a first amount of a first organic compound in a volume section V1 to obtain a first initial mixture. The first amount is in the form of a liquid. The ...