US Patent Issued to Cemvita Factory on Nov. 3 for "Systems and methods of making oil from microorganisms" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,251, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Cemvita Factory Inc. (Houston).

"Systems and methods of making oil from microorganisms" was invented by Jeff Nobbs (San Francisco), Jay D. Keasling (Berkeley, Calif.) and Stephen B. Del Cardayre (Belmont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING OIL FROM MICROORGANISMS Described herein are systems and methods of manufacturing an oil comprising a triacylglyceride. The systems and methods may comprise: (a) providing an oleaginous microorganism; (b) culturing the oleaginous microorganism in a medium comprising a carbon source, wherein the carbon source comprises ethanol at...