US Patent Issued to Novamont on July 7 for "Process for the production and separation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural with quaternary ammonium salts" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,928, issued on July 7, was assigned to Novamont S.P.A. (Novara, Italy).

"Process for the production and separation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural with quaternary ammonium salts" was invented by Luigi Capuzzi (Novara, Italy), Giuseppina Carotenuto (Novara, Italy) and Adriano Ferrari (Novara, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for the production and separation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) comprising the steps of: (1) dehydrating at least one saccharide selected from the group consisting of monosaccharides having 6 carbon atoms and disaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides formed fro...