US Patent Issued to ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND on July 28 for "Co-production of monomers, including at least one bio-based monomer" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,217, issued on July 28, was assigned to ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY (Decatur, Ill.).

"Co-production of monomers, including at least one bio-based monomer" was invented by Andrew Ingram (Champaign, Ill.), Erik Hagberg (Decatur, Ill.), Chi-Cheng Ma (Champaign, Ill.), Jessica McClurg (Decatur, Ill.) and Kenneth Stensrud (Decatur, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes for the oxidation of carbohydrate dehydration products, such as furanics that can be oxidized to the bio-based monomer 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), are disclosed, according to which certain co-feeds, having been discovered to impart a beneficial reaction st...