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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.:

US 9434909 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 19, 2014

Renewable diesel and jet fuel from microbial sources

Applicant:

Solazyme, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Donald E. Trimbur, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Chung-Soon Im, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Harrison F. Dillon, San Mateo, CA (US);

Anthony G. Day, San Francisco, CA (US);

Scott Franklin, La Jolla, CA (US);

Anna Coragliotti, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

SOLAZYME, INC., South San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:

Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson, LLC.

Primary Examiner:

Shin Lin Chen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 48/00 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C12N 1/12 (2006.01); C12N 9/14 (2006.01); C12P 7/20 (2006.01); C11C 3/00 (2006.01); C10L 1/02 (2006.01); C12N 1/32 (2006.01); C12N 9/04 (2006.01); C12N 9/02 (2006.01); C12N 9/12 (2006.01); C12N 9/16 (2006.01); C12N 9/20 (2006.01); C12N 9/26 (2006.01); C12N 9/88 (2006.01); C12P 5/02 (2006.01); C10L 1/06 (2006.01); C12P 7/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11C 3/00 (2013.01); C10L 1/026 (2013.01); C12N 1/32 (2013.01); C12N 9/0006 (2013.01); C12N 9/0008 (2013.01); C12N 9/1205 (2013.01); C12N 9/16 (2013.01); C12N 9/20 (2013.01); C12N 9/2408 (2013.01); C12N 9/88 (2013.01); C12P 5/02 (2013.01); C12P 7/649 (2013.01); C12P 7/6409 (2013.01); C12P 7/6436 (2013.01); C12P 7/6463 (2013.01); C07H 21/04 (2013.01); C10L 1/06 (2013.01); C12N 9/14 (2013.01); C12P 7/6445 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01); Y02E 50/13 (2013.01); Y02E 50/343 (2013.01); Y02P 20/52 (2015.11); Y02T 50/678 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention provides methods of manufacturing alkanes from triglyceride oils produced through fermentation of oil-bearing microbes. The processes provided herein can utilize a variety of carbohydrate feedstocks including cane bagasse, sugar beet pulp, corn stover, glycerol, corn starch, sorghum, molasses, waste glycerol, and other renewable materials. These processes further comprise hydrotreating, hydrocracking, isomerization, distillation, and other petrochemical processes for use with oil-bearing microbes and products derived therefrom to manufacture fuels. Particular embodiments include the manufacture of ASTM D975 and ASTM D1655 compliant fuels. Genetically engineered microbes provided herein can be used in the manufacture of renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel.

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