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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Xyleco, Inc., Wakefield, MA (US);
Marshall Medoff, Brookline, MA (US);
Thomas Craig Masterman, Rockport, MA (US);
Andrew Papoulis, Canton, MA (US);
Jaewoong Moon, Andover, MA (US);
Jihan Khan, Cambridge, MA (US);
Robert Paradis, Burlington, MA (US);
Xyleco, Inc., Wakefield, MA (US);
Abstract
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as hydroxy-carboxylic acids and hydroxy-carboxylic acid derivatives. A method includes treating a reduced recalcitrance lignocellulosic or cellulosic material with one or more enzymes and/or organisms (such as) to produce an alpha, beta, gamma and/or delta hydroxycarboxylic acid (such as lactic acid, glycolic acid); and converting the alpha, beta, gamma and/or delta hydroxy-carboxylic acid to the product (such as esters, polymers, and copolymers).