MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617076989 A) filed by The Regents Of The University Of California on June 22, 2026, for Methods For Making Diesel Fuel Using Catalyst-Free Transesterification Of Vegetable Oils.
Inventors include Oliver, Scott; Singaram, Bakthan; and Lofgren, Kevin.
The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.
Abstract: A method of making a diesel fuel includes combining tetraalkoxyborate with a triglyceride composition to form a reaction mixture, where the triglyceride composition includes one of a vegetable oil or an animal fat. The method also includes heating the reaction mixture above 40 °C to form a diesel fuel including fatty acid alkyl esters.
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