Patents by Inventor Victor Kumar Sharma

Victor Kumar Sharma 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).

  • METHODS FOR THE BIOCATALYTIC PRODUCTION OF ACETALDEHYDE
    Publication number: 20230295670
    Abstract: Methods for producing acetaldehyde from ethanol are provided. In embodiments, such a method comprises (a) exposing ethanol and furfural to a biocatalyst comprising yeast alcohol dehydrogenase 1, yeast alcohol dehydrogenase 2, and yeast alcohol dehydrogenase 3, and a biocatalyst cofactor under conditions that oxidize the ethanol to acetaldehyde and reduce the furfural to furfuryl alcohol to provide a product mixture comprising the acetaldehyde and the furfuryl alcohol; and (b) recovering the acetaldehyde from the product mixture as it is being produced in step (a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Alan Martin Allgeier, Victor Kumar Sharma, Thomas Binder