ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,605, issued on May 26, was assigned to LignoSol IP Ltd. (San Gwann, Malta).
"Lignin-based compositions and related methods" was invented by Desmond Alexander Somerville (San Gwann, Malta) and Patrick Dieter Waibel (San Gwann, Malta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions are provided for hydrocarbon applications. In some embodiments, the composition comprises lignin, in particular technical lignin, comprising at least one of lignin nanoparticles and lignin microparticles, preferably wherein at least 20% of the lignin particles are nanoparticles, and at least one strain of bacteria capable of biosurfactant production and/or a biosu...