MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611052080 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology, Mandi on April 24, 2026, for A Process For Upcycling Polyethylene Terephthalate (pet) Waste.
Inventors include Devendra Sharma; Priyanka Choudhary; Sahil Kumar; and Venkata Krishnan.
The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for upcycling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste to recover bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET) by catalyst-enabled glycolysis using biomass-derived ethylene glycol in the presence of a heterogeneous Ni2P- SiO2 catalyst. The process is particularly suitable for colo...