US Patent Issued to NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA on Feb. 24 for "Lignin pellets and process for producing same" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,596, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA (Ottawa).

"Lignin pellets and process for producing same" was invented by Minh Tan Ton-That (Montreal), Hongbo Li (Laval, Canada), Eric Patenaude (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada), Bruno Marcoccia (Charlotte, N.C.) and Shabnam Sanaei (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lignin pellets comprising fused lignin are described herein. The lignin pellets may further comprise a processing aid, and/or a surfactant, and/or a chemical modifying agent, and/or a compatibilizer and/or a thermoplastic polymer. An extrusion process for producing the lignin pellets and the...