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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas E Dennis, Weyers Cave, VA (US);
Assignee:
Center for Innovative Technology, Herndon, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435135 ; 4351723 ; 4352523 ; 43525233 ; 4352524 ; 935 60 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for the production of poly-.beta.-hydroxybutyrate, comprising the steps of (a) introducing into a prokaryotic host cell capable of metabolizing sucrose a vector construct which directs the expression of a sequence which encodes a poly-.beta.-hydroxybutyrate biosynthetic pathway, (b) culturing the host cell in medium containing sucrose, and (c) isolating poly-.beta.-hydroxybutyrate from the cultured host cell.