ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,177, issued on July 14, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Method of producing glucaric acid and method of manufacturing synthetic resin raw material by electrochemical treatment" was invented by Chae Hwan Hong (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyeon Gook Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing glucaric acid by electrochemical treatment includes (a) providing a reactor including a first electrode-containing region and a second electrode-containing region separated by an ele...