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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2011
Incorporation of flavan-3-ols and gallic acid derivatives into lignin to improve biomass utilization
Applicants:
John H. Grabber, Mazomanie, WI (US);
John Ralph, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
John H. Grabber, Mazomanie, WI (US);
John Ralph, Madison, WI (US);
Assignees:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/00 (2006.01); C08H 7/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of manufacturing modified lignin and the resulting non-natural modified lignin product in which a lignin-producing polymerization reaction is performed using a polymerizable monomer having the structure: