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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rafael Auras, Okemos, MI (US);
Fabiola Maria Iñiguez-Franco, East Lansing, MI (US);
Maria Rubino, East Lansing, MI (US);
Daniel Holmes, DeWitt, MI (US);
Susan E. Selke, East Lansing, MI (US);
Xiaoyi Fang, Hudson, OH (US);
Assignee:
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, Ease Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/09 (2006.01); C08J 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 51/09 (2013.01); C08J 5/18 (2013.01); C08J 2367/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of recycling a polyester includes the steps of providing the polyester, preparing a solution containing water and an alcohol, submerging the polyester in the solution, and hydrolytically depolymerizing the polyester while the polyester is submerged in the solution.