US Patent Issued to The Florida State University Research Foundation on Jan. 27 for "Lignin-based polymers and methods of making the same" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,630, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to The Florida State University Research Foundation Inc. (Tallahassee, Fla.).

"Lignin-based polymers and methods of making the same" was invented by Hoyong Chung (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are lignin-based polymeric materials and methods of making the same. The disclosed polymeric materials can reversibly capture CO2. Also disclosed are methods of forming high-value chemicals from the captured carbon dioxide by the polymeric materials disclosed herein. Also disclosed herein are methods of making polyhydroxyurethanes by reacting lignin-base materials with pol...