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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Cobalt Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
David C. Walther, Oakland, CA (US);
Hendrik J. Meerman, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Stacy M. Burns-Guydish, Campbell, CA (US);
Richard W. Wilson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eamon T. Hogg, Decatur, GA (US);
Gregory W. Luli, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert Eckert, Auburn, WA (US);
Assignee:
Cobalt Technologies Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/12 (2006.01); C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12P 7/16 (2006.01); C12P 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 21/12 (2013.01); C12M 23/58 (2013.01); C12M 25/18 (2013.01); C12M 25/20 (2013.01); C12M 43/02 (2013.01); C12M 45/06 (2013.01); C12M 47/10 (2013.01); C12P 7/065 (2013.01); C12P 7/16 (2013.01); C12P 7/28 (2013.01); Y02E 50/17 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Processes and systems for production of bioproducts such as biofuels are provided. The bioproduct production processes and systems utilize pretreatment of a carbohydrate-containing feedstock to produce soluble sugar molecules and continuous conversion of the pretreated feedstock to a bioproduct by an immobilized fermenting microorganism.