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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:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Paul Mobley, Schenectady, NY (US);
Gary Keith Shank, Rocky Hill, CT (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435134 ; 435137 ; 435142 ; 435145 ; 435171 ; 43525422 ; 4352568 ;
Abstract
This invention describes a low cost biofermentation medium, and an economical method using the medium, for the manufacture of .alpha., .omega.-alkanedicarboxylic acids. The invention provides a biofermentation medium and a method of bioproduction for these important diacids which makes their large scale commercial production economically feasible using a biocatalyst. This method of production obviates the need for chemical synthesis using expensive starting materials from fossil fuels, and does not generate a costly hazardous waste stream.