US Patent Issued to University Of Delaware on July 15 for "Low-pressure depolymerization of lignocellulosic biomass" (District Of Columbia, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,858, issued on July 15, was assigned to University Of Delaware (Newark, Del.).

"Low-pressure depolymerization of lignocellulosic biomass" was invented by Elvis O. Ebikade (Washington), Eric R. Gottlieb (Newark, Del.), Robert M. O'Dea (Newark, Del.), Thomas H. Epps III (Bear, Del.) and Dionisios Vlachos (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods of depolymerizing a lignin component of a lignin-containing material. The method comprising contacting the lignin-containing material with a solvent and optionally a catalyst at a temperature in the range of 180-300deg C. and at a maximum operating pr...