Method for the extraction of components made from organic material

US7431841B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Metanomics GmbH & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

• Michael Manfred Herold · Berlin, DE
• Martin Dostler · Hennigsdorf, DE
• Ralf Looser · Berlin, DE
• Tilmann B. Walk · Kleinmachnow, DE
• Achim Fegert · Schifferstadt, DE
• Martin Kluttig · Berlin, DE
• Britta Lehmann · Berlin, DE
• Silke Heidemann · Berlin, DE
• Annette Hennig · Teltow, DE
• Joachim Kopka · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 11, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 7, 2008
• Expiry date: Aug 24, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/255
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the extraction of components made from organic material, comprising the step of extraction with a single-phase mixture of 50 to 90 vol. % methanol and 50 to 10 vol. % water and optionally 0 to 40 vol. % of a further solvent or solvent mixture.