Virent Gains Five New U.S Patents

摘要

Virent announced January 5 the issuance of five new U.S. patents covering aspects of its catalytic BioForming platform. According to the company, three of the patents (U.S. Patent Nos. 8,053,615, 8,017,818 and 7,977,517) cover the production of various liquid fuels and chemicals related to its recent announced partnership with The Coca-Cola Co. and its ongoing partnership with Royal Dutch Shell. The ad- ditional two patents (7,767,867 and 7,989,664) are directed to the production of a range of other industrial chemicals and chemical intermediates using Virent’s BioForming process. These patents join the over 175 domestic and foreign issued and pending applications in Virent’s portfolio representing more than 25 different technology families, the company indicated.