Butamax lands biobutanol patent

The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted Butamax Patent Number 8,273,558 ('558 patent). The innovative '558 patent technology provides a path to commercial production volumes of bio-isobutanol for the global biofuel and other markets. Butamax has specifically designed its genetically modified yeast to be cost-effective for all markets, but particularly for biofuel blending. Butamax is a joint venture between BP and DuPont.

Source: Biofuels Digest, September 27, 2012