Proterro, a biofeedstock company that makes sugar instead of extracting it from crops, has patented its biosynthetic sugar-making process. The US Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent No. 8,597,914 to the company for its technology that integrates transgenic sugar-producing microorganisms with a modular photobioreactor made from off-the-shelf materials. This process yields a fermentation-ready […]
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