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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 20, 2014
Applicants:

Lanzatech New Zealand Limited, Skokie, IL (US);

University of Washington Through Its Center for Commercialization, Seattle, WA (US);

Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);

Inventors:

Mary Elizabeth Lidstrom, Seattle, WA (US);

Marina Georgievna Kalyuzhnaya, San Diego, CA (US);

Derek Wayne Griffin, Skokie, IL (US);

Nicholas Bourdakos, Skokie, IL (US);

Philip Thomas Pienkos, Lakewood, CO (US);

Lieve Maria Louisa Laurens, Denver, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 5/02 (2006.01); C12P 7/64 (2006.01); C12P 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/649 (2013.01); C12P 5/023 (2013.01); C12P 7/6463 (2013.01); C12P 21/00 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

This invention relates to a process for producing lipids and amino acids from a gaseous substrate comprising methane and oxygen. The process uses a culture of a methanotrophic microorganism in a liquid nutrient medium. The methanotrophic microorganism can be abacterium and more specifically5GB1. The lipid products can be in the cellular membrane of the methanotroph and can be extracted in a separate extraction zone.


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