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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2021
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Harsha D. Magurudeniya, Newport News, VA (US);
Ezinne Achinivu, Alexandria, VA (US);
Blake A. Simmons, San Francisco, CA (US);
John M. Gladden, Alameda, CA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for a method to deconstruct a biomass comprising: (a) introducing one or more individual components of an ionic liquid (IL) or deep eutectic solvent (DES) to a biomass, wherein the one or more individual components, and optionally any components already present in the biomass, form an IL or DES, or mixture thereof, which solubilizes the biomass to form a solubilized biomass mixture, wherein at least one individual component is introduced to the biomass separately from any other individual component; (b) optionally introducing an enzyme and/or a microbe to the solubilized biomass mixture such that the enzyme and/or microbe produces a sugar from the solubilized biomass mixture; and, (c) optionally separating the sugar from the solubilized biomass mixture.