	US 12,134,090 B2
	Repurposing inflatable packaging pillows as bioreactors: convenient synthesis of glucosone by whole-cell catalysis under oxygen
Philip J. Kersten, Arena, WI (US); Thomas J. Schwartz, Orono, ME (US); and James A. Dumesic, Verona, WI (US)
Filed by THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/237,618.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/013,592, filed on Apr. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0331131 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. B01J 8/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01)

CPC B01J 8/001 (2013.01) [B01J 19/0046 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A method of performing catalysis having an inflatable bag for a reactor, the method comprising:

(a) inserting a liquid reaction mixture into an inflatable bag, wherein the inflatable bag is an inflatable packaging pillow with a resealable valve;

(b) inserting a suitable gas into a headspace of the inflatable bag; and

(c) permitting sufficient time for a catalytic reaction to proceed, wherein an incubator shaker is attached to the inflatable bag to provide rotation or rocking of the inflatable bag while the reaction proceeds.