ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,749, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Revalyu Resources GmbH (Kleinostheim, Germany).

"Process for recycling polyethylene terephthalate determined by intrinsic viscosity of polyethylene terephthalate" 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 feedstock is contacted with a first amount of a first organic compound in a volume section V1 to obtain a first initial mixture. The first amount is in the form...