US Patent Issued to KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY on April 21 for "Depolymerization catalyst of polymer comprising ester functional group, and depolymerization method using same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,689, issued on April 21, was assigned to KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Depolymerization catalyst of polymer comprising ester functional group, and depolymerization method using same" was invented by Joungmo Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Dinh Duong Pham (Daejeon, South Korea) and Thi Hong Ngan Le (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method of polymerizing a polymer having an ester functional group, a catalyst for use in the method, and a composition for use in the method. More specifically, proposed is a method of depolymerizing a polymer hav...