ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,935, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY (Decatur, Ill.).
"Process for making taurine" was invented by Chi Cheng Ma (Champaign, Ill.), James Brazdil (Leland, N.C.) and Hao Luo (Decatur, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process is described for forming taurine, which comprises reacting monoethanolamine with sulfuric acid to provide an 2-aminoethanol hydrogen sulfate ester product, combining the 2-aminoethanol hydrogen sulfate ester product with at least one of carbon dioxide, a carbonate or bicarbonate and with at least one of a sulfite or bisulfite to form a sulfonation reaction mixture, and heati...