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- Patent Title: CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL INTEGRATED DEGRADATION PROCESS FOR POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PET), FOR RECYCLING PET
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Application No.: US18278976Application Date: 2022-02-25
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Publication No.: US20240132922A1Publication Date: 2024-04-25
- Inventor: Kyoung Heon KIM , Dong Hyun KIM , Jae Kyun KIM , Dong Oh HAN
- Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
- Current Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Priority: KR 20210026729 2021.02.26
- International Application: PCT/KR2022/002784 2022.02.25
- Date entered country: 2023-08-24
- Main IPC: C12P7/42
- IPC: C12P7/42 ; C07C67/297

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a chemical and biological integrated degradation process for PET, for recycling PET, and, more specifically, the present invention provides a PET upcycling technique for producing a high-value product via a chemical pretreatment process of PET, a TPA and EG production process using an enzyme, and a process for converting TPA and EG to PCA and GLA, respectively.
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