US Patent Issued to Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras on March 3 for "Optimized process for producing second-generation sugars and fermentation products" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,669, issued on March 3, was assigned to Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

"Optimized process for producing second-generation sugars and fermentation products" was invented by Christian Alejandro Queipo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Adriano Do Couto Fraga (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Luiz Fernando Martins Bandeira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention addresses to an optimized process for the production of ethanol from energy cane, by the integration of first-generation (1G) and second-generation (2G) technologies, which presents the advantages of reducing energy and water ...