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Article: Publication No. WO/2009/130387 Published on Oct. 29, Assigned to Kemira Oyj for Salt Formate Preparation Process (Finnish Inventors)
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- October 31, 2009
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GENEVA, Oct. 31 -- Jarmo Reunanen, Pekka Oinas, Timo Nissinen and Esko Tirronen, all from Finland, have developed a process for preparation of formate salt.
The patent has been assigned to Kemira Oyj, Helsinki, Finland.
According to an abstract posted by the World Intellectual Property Organization: "The invention relates to a process for the recovery of formate salt from biomass and the product obtained thereof. Aqueous liquid mixture containing levulinic acid, formic acid and possibly furfural is subjected to a ...