Patents by Inventor BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC

BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ENHANCED PYRUVATE TO 2,3-BUTANEDIOL CONVERSION IN LACTIC ACID BACTERIA
    Publication number: 20130316414
    Abstract: A high flux of metabolites from pyruvate to 2,3-butanediol in Lactobacillus plantarum was achieved through genetic engineering. Substantial elimination of lactate dehydrogenase activity in the presence of heterologously expressed butanediol dehydrogenase activity led to 2,3 butanediol production that was at least 49% of the total of major pyruvate-derived products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC
    Inventor: Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC
  • Processes and Systems for Alcohol Production and Recovery
    Publication number: 20130309738
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for recovering butanol produced in a fermentative process using, for example, an ethanol production plant which has been reversibly-retrofitted for butanol production, that is, the ethanol production plant may be converted for butanol production, but can also revert to an ethanol production. The present invention also relates to processes for recovering butanol produced in a fermentative process in a butanol production plant that may be converted to ethanol production plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
    Inventor: BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC