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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Information Patent Grant
Polyhydroxyalkanoate production and related processes
- Patent number 12,037,628
- Issue date Jul 16, 2024
- NEWLIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Markus Donald Herrema
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Grant
Method for the preparation of polyhydroxybutyrate
- Patent number 12,031,172
- Issue date Jul 9, 2024
- ACBC S.R.L.
- Edoardo Iannuzzi
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Grant
Process for isolating PHA from a PHA-containing bacterial biomass
- Patent number 11,834,552
- Issue date Dec 5, 2023
- VENVIROTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY SL
- Albert Ferrer Ugalde
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Producing resins from organic waste products
- Patent number 11,377,672
- Issue date Jul 5, 2022
- Full Cycle Bioplastics LLC
- Dane H. Anderson
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Advanced processing of absorbable poly(p-dioxanone) containing high...
- Patent number 11,028,222
- Issue date Jun 8, 2021
- Ethicon, Inc.
- Sasa Andjelic
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Method for extracting polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)
- Patent number 10,711,263
- Issue date Jul 14, 2020
- National Chi Nan University
- Yung-Pin Tsai
- C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
Information Patent Grant
Continuous process for preparing a polyester shrinkable film
- Patent number 10,487,184
- Issue date Nov 26, 2019
- Far Eastern New Century Corporation
- Ching-Chun Tsai
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Producing resins from organic waste products
- Patent number 10,465,214
- Issue date Nov 5, 2019
- Full Cycle Bioplastics LLC
- Jeff H. Anderson
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Catalyst for poly(lactide) synthesis and uses thereof
- Patent number 9,988,488
- Issue date Jun 5, 2018
- Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Debashis Chakraborty
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Grant
Polyester polyols from recycled polymers and waste streams
- Patent number 9,951,171
- Issue date Apr 24, 2018
- Resinate Materials Group, Inc.
- Rick Tabor
- Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
Information Patent Grant
Processes for recovering and purifying polyhydroxyalkanoates from c...
- Patent number 9,683,076
- Issue date Jun 20, 2017
- BIO-ON S.P.A.
- Simone Begotti
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Grant
Method for recovery of stabilized polyhydroxyalkanoates from biomas...
- Patent number 9,487,624
- Issue date Nov 8, 2016
- Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support
- Alan Gideon Werker
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Quality test for polymerizable lactic acid and method for producing...
- Patent number 9,416,222
- Issue date Aug 16, 2016
- ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG
- Joachim Schulze
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Grant
Process for recovering polyhydroxialkanoates (“PHAs”) from cellular...
- Patent number 9,045,595
- Issue date Jun 2, 2015
- PHB Industrial S.A.
- Paulo Eduardo Mantelatto
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Grant
Process for extracting and recovering polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)...
- Patent number 8,357,508
- Issue date Jan 22, 2013
- PHB Industrial S.A.
- Paulo Eduardo Mantelatto
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Method for isolating polyhydroxyl alkanoates
- Patent number 8,313,935
- Issue date Nov 20, 2012
- BASF SE
- Rajan Hollmann
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Grant
Polymer extraction methods
- Patent number 8,003,355
- Issue date Aug 23, 2011
- Metabolix, Inc.
- Johan van Walsem
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Polymer extraction methods
- Patent number 7,981,642
- Issue date Jul 19, 2011
- Metabolix, Inc.
- Johan van Walsem
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Single solvent polymer extraction methods
- Patent number 7,893,194
- Issue date Feb 22, 2011
- Metabolix Inc.
- Johan Van Walsem
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Crystallized pellet/liquid separator
- Patent number 7,875,184
- Issue date Jan 25, 2011
- Eastman Chemical Company
- Kenny Randolph Parker
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Single solvent polymer extraction methods
- Patent number 7,795,376
- Issue date Sep 14, 2010
- Metabolix Inc.
- Johan Van Walsem
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Process for producing polyglycolic acid resin composition
- Patent number 7,728,100
- Issue date Jun 1, 2010
- Kureha Corporation
- Hiroyuki Sato
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Polymer extraction methods
- Patent number 7,713,720
- Issue date May 11, 2010
- Metabolix Inc.
- Johan Van Walsem
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Isolation, formulation, and shaping of macrocyclic oligoesters
- Patent number 7,666,517
- Issue date Feb 23, 2010
- Cyclics Corporation
- Timothy A. Thompson
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Single solvent polymer extraction methods
- Patent number 7,576,173
- Issue date Aug 18, 2009
- Metabolix Inc.
- Johan Van Walsem
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Process for the solvent-based extraction of polyhydroxyalkanoates f...
- Patent number 7,378,266
- Issue date May 27, 2008
- Meredian, Inc.
- Karunakaran Narasimhan
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Processes for shaping macrocyclic oligoesters
- Patent number 7,304,123
- Issue date Dec 4, 2007
- Cyclics Corporation
- Timothy A. Thompson
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Process for the preparation of polymers from polymer slurries
- Patent number 7,304,125
- Issue date Dec 4, 2007
- Stratek Plastic Limited
- Jean-Pierre Ibar
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Grant
Process for the isolation of polyhydroxybutyrate from Bacillus myco...
- Patent number 7,273,733
- Issue date Sep 25, 2007
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Manobjyoti Bordoloi
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Grant
Polymer extraction methods
- Patent number 7,252,980
- Issue date Aug 7, 2007
- Metabolix Inc.
- Johan Van Walsem
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
VALORISATION OF D-LACTIC ACID STREAM IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF L...
- Publication number 20240368343
- Publication date Nov 7, 2024
- FUTERRO S.A.
- Philippe COSZACH
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR REG...
- Publication number 20240228769
- Publication date Jul 11, 2024
- Toyobo Co., Ltd.
- Tamayo SASAI
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECYCLED WATER
- Publication number 20240182342
- Publication date Jun 6, 2024
- KANEKA CORPORATION
- Asuka FUKUMOTO
- C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
Information Patent Application
POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOATE) PRODUCTION METHOD
- Publication number 20240010789
- Publication date Jan 11, 2024
- KANEKA CORPORATION
- Shogo HIROTA
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
PROCESS FOR ISOLATING PHA FROM A PHA-RICH BACTERIAL BIOMASS
- Publication number 20230131006
- Publication date Apr 27, 2023
- VENVIROTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY SL
- Albert FERRER UGALDE
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE AND USE OF SAME
- Publication number 20230123797
- Publication date Apr 20, 2023
- KANEKA CORPORATION
- Masaru HIRANO
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
Method for the preparation of polyhydroxybutyrate
- Publication number 20230119428
- Publication date Apr 20, 2023
- ACBC S.r.l.
- Edoardo IANNUZZI
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
CRYSTALLIZABLE SHRINKABLE FILMS AND THERMOFORMABLE FILMS AND SHEETS...
- Publication number 20220363822
- Publication date Nov 17, 2022
- Eastman Chemical Company
- Mark Allen Peters
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
RECOVERED SULFOPOLYESTER
- Publication number 20220298298
- Publication date Sep 22, 2022
- Eastman Chemical Company
- Kenny Randolph Parker
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PROCESS FOR RECOVERING SULFOPOLYESTER
- Publication number 20220297352
- Publication date Sep 22, 2022
- Eastman Chemical Company
- Kenny Randolph Parker
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES EXTRACTION SYSTEM
- Publication number 20220010059
- Publication date Jan 13, 2022
- NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY
- Yung-Pin TSAI
- C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
Information Patent Application
MEDIUM OR HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYESTER POWDERS, POWDER COATING C...
- Publication number 20210261729
- Publication date Aug 26, 2021
- SWIMC LLC
- Tom Melnyk
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
STENTS
- Publication number 20210077667
- Publication date Mar 18, 2021
- University of Westminster
- Ipsita Roy
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE PRODUCTION AND RELATED PROCESSES
- Publication number 20210054420
- Publication date Feb 25, 2021
- Newlight Technologies, Inc.
- Markus Donald Herrema
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
Producing Resins from Organic Waste Products
- Publication number 20200270652
- Publication date Aug 27, 2020
- FULL CYCLE BIOPLASTICS LLC
- Dane H. Anderson
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR EXTRACTING POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES (PHAS)
- Publication number 20190127727
- Publication date May 2, 2019
- NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY
- Yung-Pin Tsai
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
POLYESTER POLYOLS FROM RECYCLED POLYMERS AND WASTE STREAMS
- Publication number 20180237573
- Publication date Aug 23, 2018
- Resinate Materials Group, Inc.
- Rick Tabor
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
PROCESS FOR RECOVERING AND PURIFYING POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES FROM A C...
- Publication number 20160168319
- Publication date Jun 16, 2016
- BIO-ON S.P.A.
- Simone BEGOTTI
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
PRODUCING RESINS FROM ORGANIC WASTE PRODUCTS
- Publication number 20160145659
- Publication date May 26, 2016
- FULL CYCLE BIOPLASTICS LLC
- Jeff H. Anderson
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
CATALYST FOR POLY(LACTIDE) SYNTHESIS AND USES THEREOF
- Publication number 20160053048
- Publication date Feb 25, 2016
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
- Debashis CHAKRABORTY
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
ULTRAFILTRATION PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SULFOPOLYESTER CONCENTRATE
- Publication number 20150166723
- Publication date Jun 18, 2015
- Eastman Chemical Company
- Kenny Randolph Parker
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
QUALITY TEST FOR POLYMERIZABLE LACTIC ACID AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING...
- Publication number 20140323682
- Publication date Oct 30, 2014
- ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG
- Joachim Schulze
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
Method for Recovery of Stabilized Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Biomas...
- Publication number 20130203954
- Publication date Aug 8, 2013
- VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT
- Alan Gideon Werker
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES
- Publication number 20120165500
- Publication date Jun 28, 2012
- Newlight Technologies, LLC
- Markus Herrema
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR ISOLATING POLYHYDROXYL ALKANOATES
- Publication number 20110112274
- Publication date May 12, 2011
- BASF SE
- Rajan Hollmann
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
Process for Producing Polyester Pellets
- Publication number 20110095109
- Publication date Apr 28, 2011
- CLARIANT FINANCE (BVI) LIMITED
- Georg Borchers
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
SINGLE SOLVENT POLYMER EXTRACTION METHODS
- Publication number 20100311940
- Publication date Dec 9, 2010
- Metabolix Inc.
- Johan Van Walsem
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR ISOLATING POLYHYROXYALKANOATES
- Publication number 20100233768
- Publication date Sep 16, 2010
- BASF SE
- Bryan Cooper
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
POLYMER EXTRACTION METHODS
- Publication number 20100197885
- Publication date Aug 5, 2010
- Metabolix, Inc.
- Johan Van Walsem
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
POLYMER EXTRACTION METHODS
- Publication number 20100196997
- Publication date Aug 5, 2010
- Metabolix, Inc.
- Johan Van Walsem
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...

Recovery of the polymer

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Current Industry

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Polyhydroxyalkanoate production and related processes

Method for the preparation of polyhydroxybutyrate

Process for isolating PHA from a PHA-containing bacterial biomass

Producing resins from organic waste products

Advanced processing of absorbable poly(p-dioxanone) containing high...

Method for extracting polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)

Continuous process for preparing a polyester shrinkable film

Producing resins from organic waste products

Catalyst for poly(lactide) synthesis and uses thereof

Polyester polyols from recycled polymers and waste streams

Processes for recovering and purifying polyhydroxyalkanoates from c...

Method for recovery of stabilized polyhydroxyalkanoates from biomas...

Quality test for polymerizable lactic acid and method for producing...

Process for recovering polyhydroxialkanoates (“PHAs”) from cellular...

Process for extracting and recovering polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)...

Method for isolating polyhydroxyl alkanoates

Polymer extraction methods

Polymer extraction methods

Single solvent polymer extraction methods

Crystallized pellet/liquid separator

Single solvent polymer extraction methods

Process for producing polyglycolic acid resin composition

Polymer extraction methods

Isolation, formulation, and shaping of macrocyclic oligoesters

Single solvent polymer extraction methods

Process for the solvent-based extraction of polyhydroxyalkanoates f...

Processes for shaping macrocyclic oligoesters

Process for the preparation of polymers from polymer slurries

Process for the isolation of polyhydroxybutyrate from Bacillus myco...

Polymer extraction methods

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

VALORISATION OF D-LACTIC ACID STREAM IN THE PRODUCTION PROCESS OF L...

METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYESTER RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR REG...

METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECYCLED WATER

POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOATE) PRODUCTION METHOD

PROCESS FOR ISOLATING PHA FROM A PHA-RICH BACTERIAL BIOMASS

METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE AND USE OF SAME

Method for the preparation of polyhydroxybutyrate

CRYSTALLIZABLE SHRINKABLE FILMS AND THERMOFORMABLE FILMS AND SHEETS...

RECOVERED SULFOPOLYESTER

PROCESS FOR RECOVERING SULFOPOLYESTER

POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES EXTRACTION SYSTEM

MEDIUM OR HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYESTER POWDERS, POWDER COATING C...

STENTS

POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE PRODUCTION AND RELATED PROCESSES

Producing Resins from Organic Waste Products

METHOD FOR EXTRACTING POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES (PHAS)

POLYESTER POLYOLS FROM RECYCLED POLYMERS AND WASTE STREAMS

PROCESS FOR RECOVERING AND PURIFYING POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES FROM A C...

PRODUCING RESINS FROM ORGANIC WASTE PRODUCTS

CATALYST FOR POLY(LACTIDE) SYNTHESIS AND USES THEREOF

ULTRAFILTRATION PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SULFOPOLYESTER CONCENTRATE

QUALITY TEST FOR POLYMERIZABLE LACTIC ACID AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING...

Method for Recovery of Stabilized Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Biomas...

PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES

METHOD FOR ISOLATING POLYHYDROXYL ALKANOATES

Process for Producing Polyester Pellets

SINGLE SOLVENT POLYMER EXTRACTION METHODS

METHOD FOR ISOLATING POLYHYROXYALKANOATES

POLYMER EXTRACTION METHODS

POLYMER EXTRACTION METHODS