ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,019, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Universitaet Rostock (Rostock, Germany).
"Preparation of regenerated polysaccharides" was invented by Dirk Hollmann (Bad Doberan, Germany), Mai Ngoc Nguyen (Rostock, Germany) and Udo Kragl (Kritzmow, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to method for preparing a high-purity regenerated polysaccharide by precipitating a dissolved polysaccharide due to a reaction of the solvent with an organic carbonate, which is much more health-friendly, environmentally friendly and safer than conventional methods. Materials from the produced regenerated polysaccharide are also provided."...