Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'A Process For High-Yield Furfural Extraction From Sugarcane Bagasse' Filed by Indian Institute Of Technology (Indian School Of Mines)

MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202631062260 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology (Indian School Of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, on May 16, for 'a process for high-yield furfural extraction from sugarcane bagasse.'

Inventor(s) include Debasish Mahato; Sapan Kumar Pandit; Dr. Dibya Ranjan Rout; Rose Rani; Prof. Aditya Kumar; Ishaan Goel; and Tarun Rana.

The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This invention relates to a process for high-yield furfural extraction from sugarcane bagasse. In this process, sugarcane bagasse is subjected to acid hydrolysis followed by filtration of the hydrolyzed mixture to separate the liquid hydrolysate from the residual solid bagasse. The resulting liquor is subjected to distillation to recover furfural and the distillate is then extracted using an organic solvent, which is immiscible with water. Phase separation and purification of the organic solvent layer yields furfural. This optimized process efficiently converts the hemicellulose fraction of sugarcane bagasse into high-purity furfural with an overall yield of up to 95%, demonstrating excellent selectivity and process scalability."

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