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Biological oils and production and uses thereof

US9453172B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

24References

27Claims

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Assignee

DSM IP ASSETS B.V. · NL

Inventors

James Casey Lippmeier · Columbia, US
Joseph W. Pfeifer, III · Westminster, US
Jon Milton Hansen · Chula Vista, US
Kirk E. Apt · Ellicott City, US
William R. Barclay · Boulder, US
Paul Warren Behrens · Ellicott City, US
David Christian Martin · Kaiseraugst, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 21, 2012
Grant date	Sep 27, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 21, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P30/20
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides biological oils and methods and uses thereof. The biological oils are preferably produced by heterotrophic fermentation of one or more microorganisms using cellulose-containing feedstock as a main source of carbon. The present invention also provides methods of producing lipid-based biofuels and food, nutritional, and pharmaceutical products using the biological oils.

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