US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on March 24 for "Lignin solvation using aqueous biologically compatible buffers" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,670, issued on March 24, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Lignin solvation using aqueous biologically compatible buffers" was invented by Adam B. Grossman (Gainesville, Fla.), Kelly C. Rice (Gainesville, Fla.) and Willem Evert Vermerris (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are aqueous lignin solutions containing lignin solvated in Good's Buffers. The aqueous lignin solutions can be used in a variety of applications including biomedical research and in manufacturing a variety of lignin containing products including food grade and biomedical products. The aqueou...