US Patent Issued to GranBio Intellectual Property Holdings on Oct. 27 for "Processes for reducing chemical use and equipment corrosion in biomass conversion to sugars, biochemicals, biofuels, and/or biomaterials" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,482, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to GranBio Intellectual Property Holdings LLC (Thomaston, Ga.).

"Processes for reducing chemical use and equipment corrosion 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 preparing a biomass feedstock for conversion to a sugar, a biofuel, a biochemical, or a biomaterial, comprises: providing a biomass feedstock containing cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin; optionally, introducing the biomass feedstock and a first vapor stream to a biomass-heating unit...