MUMBAI, India, July 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411101516 A) filed by L'Oral on December 20, 2024, for Methods For Preparing Benzoic Acid And Fatty Acid Compounds From Cashew Nutshell Liquid.

Inventors include Dgs, Sudhakar; and Nag, Shubhrajit.

The application for the patent was published on July 24, 2026, under issue no. 30/2026.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of synthesizing a benzoic acid compound of Formula I,its salts, and solvates thereof, and a fatty acid compound of Formula 5 II, its salts and solvates thereof, the method comprising: i. oxidizing compound of Formula IV to obtain compound of Formula III; and ii. treating the compound of Formula III with a first oxidizing agent and a first (in)organic alkaline agent. The present disclosure further provides a method of synthesizing a compound of Formula I from cashew nutshell liquid. The present disclosure provides a compound 10 of Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, and Formula IV , independently having at least 70% of green carbon. 31

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