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Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2021
Applicants:

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);

Inventors:

Lalitendu Das, Emeryville, CA (US);

Hemant Choudhary, Emeryville, CA (US);

John M. Gladden, Alameda, CA (US);

Blake A. Simmons, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/14 (2006.01); C12P 7/10 (2006.01); C12P 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/14 (2013.01); C12P 7/10 (2013.01); C12P 19/02 (2013.01); C12P 2201/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention also provides for a method to deconstruct a biomass: the method comprising: (a) introducing a solvent to a biomass to dissolve at least part of solid biomass in the solvent, wherein the solvent comprises (i) a metal salt, and (ii) an ionic liquid (IL) or deep eutectic solvent (DES), or mixture thereof, to form a solubilized biomass mixture; (b) optionally introducing an enzyme and/or a microbe to the composition such that the enzyme and/or microbe produce a biofuel and/or chemical compound from the solubilized biomass; and, (c) optionally the biofuel and/or chemical compound is separated from the composition.


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Das, Lalitendu. (2025). Use of metal salts and deep eutectic solvents in a process to solubilize a biomass (U.S. Patent No. 12241104). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12241104

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