US Patent Issued to Permanente on April 7 for "Ammonia treatment of densifiable cellulosic biomass feedstock" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,340, issued on April 7, was assigned to Permanente Corp. (Los Angeles).

"Ammonia treatment of densifiable cellulosic biomass feedstock" was invented by Marc Allen Seidner (Los Angeles) and Daniel Jakob Seidner (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In on example, a method of plasticizing at least a portion of lignin within a lignocellulosic biomass by mixing the biomass with anhydrous ammonia at a sub-ambient temperature and continuously conveying the mixture of lignocellulosic biomass and anhydrous ammonia through a reactor. At least a portion of the anhydrous ammonia is removed from the mixture. The lignocellulosic biomass having ...