ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,782, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Revalyu Resouces GmbH (Kleinostheim, Germany).

"Process for recycling polyethylene terephthalate using gaseous and/or liquid mono-ethylene glycol" was invented by Suresh L. Makhija (Mumbai, India), Dhanvant Yeola (Nashik, India) and Christian Neumann (Hanau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect is a method for producing a first intermediate product.A feedstock is provided that comprises a first polyester.The first polyester is contacted with a further amount of a first organic compound in a volume section V2.The first polyester is contacted with a further organic compound in a volu...