Patents by Inventor Simonetta RIMA

Simonetta RIMA 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).

  • A METHOD AND A PLANT FOR PURIFYING LACTIC ACID
    Publication number: 20260200824
    Abstract: A method for purifying a crude aqueous lactic acid composition, the method includes heating and pressurizing the crude aqueous lactic acid composition so as to obtain a liquid, heated and pressurized crude aqueous lactic acid composition, flash evaporating the liquid, heated and pressurized crude aqueous lactic acid composition obtained so as to obtain crude lactic acid vapor, and gradually condensing the crude lactic acid vapor by leading the crude lactic acid vapor through at least three successive condensers so as to obtain at least three condensed streams, one stream of the at least three condensed streams being a purified lactic acid stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Claudia VON SCALA, Simonetta RIMA, Peter FAESSLER, Christian BACHMANN