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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
Applicant:
James R. Oyler, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventor:
James R. Oyler, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Genifuel Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10L 1/02 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for production of biofuels from algae can include cultivating an oil-producing algae, extracting the algal oil, and converting the algal oil to form biodiesel. Extracting the algal oil from the oil-producing algae can include biologically rupturing cell wall and oil vesicles of the oil-producing algae using at least one enzyme such as a cellulose or glycoproteinase, a structured enzyme system such as a cellulosome, a virus, or combination of these materials.