US Patent Issued to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY on Sept. 30 for "Lignin removal from lignocellulosic waste using rejected brine solution" (Emirati Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,783, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

"Lignin removal from lignocellulosic waste using rejected brine solution" was invented by Mohsin Raza (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates), Basim Abu-Jdayil (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates), Ali Hassan Al Marzouqi (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates) and Jawad Mustafa (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lignocellulosic waste, such as date palm seeds, is treated with industrial waste such as rejected brine solution waste from a water treatment desalination plant to break down lignin and isolate and recover cellulose. Su...