MUMBAI, India, Feb. 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541134184 A) filed by Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 31, 2025, for 'pilot scale process for the catalytic conversion of biomass lignin into high-energy hydrocarbons.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. K. L. Vincent Joseph; S. Deepika; and Dr. N. T. Mary Rosana.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 27, under issue no. 09/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a sustainable catalytic route for the complete transformation of 5 biomass-derived eugenol to high-value bicyclic and aromatic compounds by an optimized bimetallic hierarchical heterog...