Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Mechanochemical Catalytic Depolymerisation' Filed by Universiteit Utrecht Holding B. V.

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517044887 A) filed by Universiteit Utrecht Holding B. V., Utrecht, Netherlands, on May 9, for 'mechanochemical catalytic depolymerisation.'

Inventor(s) include Vollmer Ina; Weckhuysen Bert Marc; and Hergesell Adrian Henrik.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 1, under issue no. 31/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The disclosure pertains to method of depolymerizing plastic material using certain grinding media to the grinding media and to methods of manufacturing the grinding media. The grinding media are catalytically functionalized. In an example embodiment milling balls (1) can be used for the depolymerization of polymers (2) such as polyolefins. The zirconia milling balls are sulfated (3) to enhance solid acid catalytic functionality. The vigorous motion (4) during milling and the catalytic functionality synergistically contribute to depolymerisation."

The patent application was internationally filed on Oct. 17, 2023, under International application No.PCT/NL2023/050544.

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