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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2002
Luhua Zhong, Woburn, MA (US);
Edward M. Muller, Westport, CT (US);
James J. Barber, Winchester, MA (US);
Joseph Pugach, Monroeville, PA (US);
Robert S. Whitehouse, Lexington, MA (US);
Sean K. Daughtry, Roxbury, MA (US);
Luhua Zhong, Woburn, MA (US);
Edward M. Muller, Westport, CT (US);
James J. Barber, Winchester, MA (US);
Joseph Pugach, Monroeville, PA (US);
Robert S. Whitehouse, Lexington, MA (US);
Sean K. Daughtry, Roxbury, MA (US);
Metabolix Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, this invention relates to a method that includes contacting a PHA with an aprotic catalyst to form an ester. The ester has only one monomer unit from the PHA. In certain embodiments, this invention relates to a method that includes treating a PHA-containing non-lyophilized biomass to form an ester, and removing at least some of the ester from the biomass.