US Patent Issued to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN on Sept. 29 for "Efficient green process for the preparation of nanocelluloses, novel modified nanocelluloses and their application" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,303, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. (Munich).

"Efficient green process for the preparation of nanocelluloses, novel modified nanocelluloses and their application" was invented by Markus Antonietti (Nuthetal, Germany), Svitlana Filonenko (Potsdam, Germany) and Esther Elisabeth Jaekel (Potsdam, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an efficient process for the preparation of nanocelluloses using mixtures of ammonium formate and at least one acid as reactant and solvent as well as to novel modified nanocelluloses and their applications...