Butamax Files Lawsuit Against Gevo To Protect Biobutanol Technology

摘要

Wilmington-Butamax Advanced Biofuels has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Gevo Inc. for Gevo's use of Butamax biobutanol technology.Butamax, a joint venture of BP and DuPont, was granted patent 7,851,188 in December 2010. "This patent encompasses biocatalysts developed to produce isobutanol and provides protection for Butamax and its pioneering work in this field," the company said.