US Patent Issued to GranBio Intellectual Property Holdings on Feb. 24 for "Processes for improving performance and energy efficiency in biomass conversion to sugars, biochemicals, biofuels, and/or biomaterials" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,779, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to GranBio Intellectual Property Holdings LLC (Thomaston, Ga.).

"Processes for improving performance and energy efficiency in biomass conversion to sugars, biochemicals, biofuels, and/or biomaterials" was invented by Ryan Zebroski (Fayetteville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some variations, a process for converting a biomass feedstock into a product comprises: providing a biomass feedstock containing cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin; providing a reaction solution comprising a fluid and optionally a pretreatment chemical; feeding the biomass feedstock and the reaction solution to a bio...