US Patent Issued to BIOVERDE TECH on Nov. 3 for "Methods and microorganisms for making 2,3-butanediol and derivatives thereof from C1 carbons" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,231, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BIOVERDE TECH LLC (Houston).

"Methods and microorganisms for making 2,3-butanediol and derivatives thereof from C1 carbons" was invented by Xinhua Zhao (Germantown, Md.), Mark Anton Held (Germantown, Md.), Tina Huynh (Germantown, Md.), Lily Yuin Chao (Germantown, Md.), Na Trinh (Germantown, Md.), Matthias Helmut Schmalisch (Germantown, Md.), Bryan Yeh (Germantown, Md.), James Kealey (Germantown, Md.) and Kevin Lee Dietzel (Germantown, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Genetically modified microorganisms that have the ability to convert carbon substrates into chemical products such as 2,3-BDO are...