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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Xyleco, Inc., Wakefield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Marshall Medoff, Brookline, MA (US);
Thomas Craig Masterman, Rockport, MA (US);
Robert Paradis, Burlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Xyleco, Inc., Wakefield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 63/78 (2006.01); B01J 19/24 (2006.01); A61K 8/85 (2006.01); A61K 8/97 (2017.01); A61Q 13/00 (2006.01); C08J 3/24 (2006.01); C08K 5/00 (2006.01); C08L 67/04 (2006.01); A61Q 19/00 (2006.01); A61K 8/99 (2017.01); C08H 8/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 63/785 (2013.01); A61K 8/85 (2013.01); A61K 8/97 (2013.01); A61K 8/99 (2013.01); A61Q 13/00 (2013.01); A61Q 19/00 (2013.01); B01J 19/247 (2013.01); C08H 8/00 (2013.01); C08J 3/24 (2013.01); C08K 5/005 (2013.01); C08K 5/0016 (2013.01); C08K 5/0041 (2013.01); C08L 67/04 (2013.01); A61K 2800/10 (2013.01); A61K 2800/56 (2013.01); A61K 2800/591 (2013.01); C08J 2367/04 (2013.01); C08L 2312/00 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1014 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1018 (2013.01); Y02P 30/20 (2015.11);
Abstract
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as aliphatic hydroxy-carboxylic acid and hydroxyl-carboxylic acid derivatives. These aliphatic hydroxy-carboxylic acids are, in turn, polymerized. The polymerization is carried out using a thin film evaporator or a thin film polymerization/devolatilization device. Conversion of lactic acid to poly lactic acid is an especially useful product to this process.