ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,247, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Iogen Corp. (Ottawa).
"Converting cellulosic biomass to fuel" was invented by Brian Foody (Ottawa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for converting cellulosic biomass to fuel includes loading bales of cellulosic biomass into an enclosure, at least partially filling the enclosure with an aqueous liquid, wherein the aqueous liquid is filled to a level selected to at least partially submerge the bales of cellulosic biomass once loaded into the enclosure, and subjecting the bales loaded within the enclosure to an anaerobic digestion to produce biogas. The biogas, which contains methane, is prov...