ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,403, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Ariel Scientific Innovations Ltd. (Ariel, Israel).
"Production of biodiesel" was invented by Marina Nisnevitch (Doar-Na Lev HaSharon, Israel), Faina Nakonechny (Ariel, Israel), Mirit Kolet (Petach-Tikva, Israel), Daniel Zarbib (Kfar Yona, Israel) and Yael Albo (Petach-Tikva, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process of generating an alkyl ester of a fatty acid (e.g., a biodiesel) from a free fatty acid-containing substance (e.g., a feedstock), is provided. The process is effected by contacting a mixture of the free fatty acid-containing substance and a respective alcohol with Lewis Acid...