Gevo receives 11th patent, files lawsuit for infringement

Biobased Product Digest
Tom Saidak
August 1, 2012

In Colorado, Gevo was awarded its 11th patent by the USPTO, #8,232,089 which futher enhances biobutanol production in yeast. Brett Lund, Executive VP and General Counsel stated the patent as another in a series that makes changes in the yeast pathway by eliminating byproducts and improving efficiency, that altogether “… enable a process efficiency exceeding 90%, compared with less than 1% in the naturally occurring pathway in yeast.” This was followed by Gevo filing lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District in Marshall, Texas charging infringement of the new patent by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and Butamax.

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