Patents by Inventor In Yong Eom

In Yong Eom has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260199878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for simultaneously producing an alcohol and an acid from a sugar and a method for simultaneously producing an alcohol and an acid from a sugar by using same and, more specifically, to a catalyst that is easily recoverable and enables the stable and simultaneous production of an acid and an alcohol from a sugar under mild reaction conditions with low temperature and low pressure compared with existing reaction conditions, and to a method for simultaneously producing an alcohol and an acid from a sugar by using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2026
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong Won HWANG, Seung Hyeok CHA, Young Kyu HWANG, Gwang Nam YUN, Ji Hoon KIM, Ma Eum LEE, Ali AWAD, In Yong EOM
  • Publication number: 20250263533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for continuously recovering a styrene monomer from waste polystyrene, and more specifically to a method for continuously recovering a styrene monomer from waste polystyrene, the method comprising mixing with a potassium carbonate (K2CO3) catalyst, and then continuously depolymerizing same, thereby enabling the recovery of a styrene monomer having high yield and high purity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Dong Won Hwang, Gwang Nam Yun, In Hyoup Song, Ji Hoon Kim, Jaedeuk Park, Ju Won Min, Seunghyeok Cha, In Yong Eom, Chang Ho Yoo
  • Publication number: 20250206712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 5-halomethylfurfural production method involving a pretreatment step and, specifically, to a 5-halomethylfurfural production method whereby the yield of halomethylfurfural can be maximized by performing a pretreatment that improves the degree of solubilization of a sugar component before dehydration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong Won HWANG, In Yong EOM, Ma Eum LEE, Ji Hoon KIM, Chang Ho YOO, Young Kyu HWANG, Gwang Nam YUN, Seung Hyeok CHA
  • Publication number: 20250188047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing 5-acetoxymethyl furfural (AMF) from sugar ingredients and, specifically, to a method for preparing 5-acetoxymethyl furfural (AMF) from sugar ingredients by converting XMF into AMF without separation and purification, which remove an extraction solvent from a solution in which an aqueous phase comprising 5-halomethyl furfural (XMF) and an organic phase are mixed, thereby enabling XMF in a crude product form to be directly used without requiring in-process separation and purification equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong Won HWANG, In Yong EOM, Ji Hoon KIM, Ma Eum LEE, Young Kyu HWANG, Yeo Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20250059148
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, by forming normal pressure conditions in a reaction system through application of a reflux system to an aqueous phase in the presence of sulfuric acid and an inorganic salt in the dehydration reaction of biomass-derived sugar components in an open system, there is no need to include a high-pressure vessel required in a conventional 5-halomethylfurfural production process, there is no risk of safety accidents, including the explosion of a high-pressure vessel and the leakage of strong acid gas, and there is a remarkable effect in that yield is improved three-fold or more compared to the case of using a conventionally used acid catalyst under the normal pressure conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong Won HWANG, In Yong EOM, Young Kyu HWANG, Ma Eum LEE
  • Publication number: 20240317655
    Abstract: The present invention successively performs hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) and dehydration so that, unlike that of a conventional technique, an alpha-olefin is prepared to have high selectivity, and not an olefin having a double bond at sites other than the alpha position. In addition, according to the present invention, selectivity for alpha-olefin can be further improved under optimal reaction conditions, and an alpha-olefin can be stably prepared with an extended preparation time of up to 180 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong Won HWANG, Gwang Nam YUN, In Yong EOM, Marcel Jonathan HIDAJAT
  • Patent number: 10927388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. The method of the present invention is capable of: minimizing the impurity content of an enzymatic saccharification raw material, by extracting biomass using hot water, before pretreatment, and removing extractable substances such as inorganic salts; suppressing, to the greatest extent, the production of overdecomposition products of sugar, by pretreating the biomass, from which the hot water extractable substances have been removed, in a condition for maximizing xylan yield; preparing fermentable sugar at a low cost, without washing a pretreated solid obtained from subsequent solid-liquid separation, but by only concentrating a sugar solution obtained after enzymatic saccharification, using a separation film; and preparing bioethanol therefrom in high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Ju Hyun Yu, Chan Duck Jung, In Yong Eom, Seung Hwan Lee, Kyung Sik Hong, In-Chul Kim, Jong Geon Jegal, Bong Keun Song
  • Patent number: 10597688
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing, from wood-based biomass, a high concentration of fermentable sugar which can be effectively used in culturing various industrial fermented bacteria. According to the method of the present invention, biomass can be extracted by hot water prior to a pre-treatment so as to remove extractible substances such as mineral salts to thus minimize the content of impurities in raw materials for an enzymatic saccharification. The biomass from which substances extractible by hot water are removed is pre-treated in the condition where xylan yield rate is maximized, thus achieving maximum inhibition of the generation of over-decomposed products of sugar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Ju Hyun Yu, Chan Duck Jung, Seung Hwan Lee, In-Chul Kim, Kyung Sik Hong, In Yong Eom, Jong Geon Jegal, Bong Keun Song
  • Patent number: 10329589
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. The method of the present invention is capable of: minimizing the impurity content of an enzymatic saccharification raw material, by extracting biomass using hot water, before pretreatment, and removing extractable substances such as inorganic salts; suppressing, to the greatest extent, the production of overdecomposition products of sugar, by pretreating the biomass, from which the hot water extractable substances have been removed, in a condition for maximizing xylan yield; preparing fermentable sugar at a low cost, without washing a pretreated solid obtained from subsequent solid-liquid separation, but by only concentrating a sugar solution obtained after enzymatic saccharification, using a separation film; and preparing bioethanol therefrom in high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Ju Hyun Yu, Chan Duck Jung, In Yong Eom, Seung Hwan Lee, Kyung Sik Hong, In-Chul Kim, Jong Geon Jegal, Bong Keun Song
  • Publication number: 20190032094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. The method of the present invention is capable of: minimizing the impurity content of an enzymatic saccharification raw material, by extracting biomass using hot water, before pretreatment, and removing extractable substances such as inorganic salts; suppressing, to the greatest extent, the production of overdecomposition products of sugar, by pretreating the biomass, from which the hot water extractable substances have been removed, in a condition for maximizing xylan yield; preparing fermentable sugar at a low cost, without washing a pretreated solid obtained from subsequent solid-liquid separation, but by only concentrating a sugar solution obtained after enzymatic saccharification, using a separation film; and preparing bioethanol therefrom in high yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Ju Hyun YU, Chan Duck JUNG, In Yong EOM, Seung Hwan LEE, Kyung Sik HONG, In Chul KIM, Jong Geon JEGAL, Bong Keun SONG
  • Patent number: 10081823
    Abstract: Disclosed is a treatment method of biomass to maximize sugar yield, which uses a specific additive which can effectively adsorb lignin-derived compounds and various inhibitors of the enzymatic activity to promote saccharification of cellulose catalyzed by cellulose hydrolases, and thus can maximize sugar yield from pretreated biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ju Hyun Yu, Chan Duck Jung, In Yong Eom, Kyung Sik Hong, Bong Keun Song
  • Publication number: 20160298142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. The method of the present invention is capable of: minimizing the impurity content of an enzymatic saccharification raw material, by extracting biomass using hot water, before pretreatment, and removing extractable substances such as inorganic salts; suppressing, to the greatest extent, the production of overdecomposition products of sugar, by pretreating the biomass, from which the hot water extractable substances have been removed, in a condition for maximizing xylan yield; preparing fermentable sugar at a low cost, without washing a pretreated solid obtained from subsequent solid-liquid separation, but by only concentrating a sugar solution obtained after enzymatic saccharification, using a separation film; and preparing bioethanol therefrom in high yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ju Hyun YU, Chan Duck JUNG, In Yong EOM, Seung Hwan LEE, Kyung Sik HONG, In Chul KIM, Jong Geon JEGAL, Bong Keun SONG
  • Publication number: 20150353977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing, from wood-based biomass, a high concentration of fermentable sugar which can be effectively used in culturing various industrial fermented bacteria. According to the method of the present invention, biomass can be extracted by hot water prior to a pre-treatment so as to remove extractible substances such as mineral salts to thus minimize the content of impurities in raw materials for an enzymatic saccharification. The biomass from which substances extractible by hot water are removed is pre-treated in the condition where xylan yield rate is maximized, thus achieving maximum inhibition of the generation of over-decomposed products of sugar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Ju Hyun YU, Chan Duck JUNG, Seung Hwan LEE, In-Chul KIM, Kyung Sik HONG, In Yong EOM, Jong Geon JEGAL, Bong Keun SONG
  • Publication number: 20130288312
    Abstract: Disclosed is a treatment method of biomass to maximize sugar yield, which uses a specific additive which can effectively adsorb lignin-derived compounds and various inhibitors of the enzymatic activity to promote saccharification of cellulose catalyzed by cellulose hydrolases, and thus can maximize sugar yield from pretreated biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ju Hyun Yu, Chan Duck Jung, In Yong Eom, Kyung Sik Hong, Bong Keun Song