ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,533, issued on July 21, was assigned to Soliton LLC (Sioux Falls, S.D.).
"Quantitative analysis of biomass samples" was invented by Tessanna Bauer Schmitz (Chancellor, S.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for quantifying a cellulosic component in a sample includes hydrolyzing the sample in a single acid hydrolysis step of the sample in aqueous sulfuric acid having a concentration of 15 wt-% to 60 wt-%, at an incubation temperature of 50deg C. to 98deg C., at ambient pressure, for an incubation period of 30 min to 360 min; separating a supernatant from the hydrolyzed sample in aqueous sulfuric acid; analyzing the supernatant f...