GLOBAL BIOENERGIES STRENGTHENS ITS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POSITION IN THE FIELD OF DIRECT FERMENTATIVE PRODUCTION OF ISOBUTENE AND OTHER LIGHT OLEFINS
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GLOBAL BIOENERGIES strengthens its intellectual property position in the field
of direct fermentative production of isobutene and other light olefins.
Evry (France), 02 November 2016 - Global Bioenergies (Alternext Paris: ALGBE)
has strengthened its leadership in the field of biologically produced isobutene
and other light olefins by reinforcing its IP position. The company's portfolio
of exclusive rights was recently strengthened by the issuance of several patents
as well as by the exclusive in-licensing of third party IP.
Global Bioenergies is a pioneer in the field of direct fermentation to light
olefins such as isobutene, butadiene and propylene. Direct fermentation is an
approach wherein all transformation steps from feedstock to product are
performed within a microorganism, in contrast with hemi-synthesis, a combination
of fermentation and chemical conversion. This approach has already been
recognized by several industry leaders, and the company considers strengthening
and broadening its Intellectual Property (IP) position as a strategic issue, to
maintain and reinforce its leadership in the field.
As of today, Global Bioenergies' IP portfolio, combining proprietary patents and
patents exploited under exclusive rights, includes 32 patent families. The
relevance of this portfolio has been confirmed by the granting of several
patents in 2016, with a total of 38 issued patents today in several countries.
This portfolio covers, among others, key aspects of bio-isobutene production
through different possible routes involving enzymes such as mevalonate
diphosphate decarboxylase. In addition, Global Bioenergies recently enriched its
IP portfolio by exclusively in-licensing a patent family covering the production
of several light olefins using alternative enzymes named Ferulic acid
decarboxylases (FDC) or Phenylacrylic Acid decarboxylase (PAD).
Frederic Pâques, COO of Global Bioenergies, comments: "While we continue to file
patents on our own, we are also progressively moving to a more open approach, in
which we define ourselves as a technology integrator. We believe that we have
today a strong hold on all the industrially relevant routes for the direct
fermentative production of isobutene, from all possible kinds of feedstocks,
including first and second generation sugars as well as syngas or carbon
dioxide."
Marc Delcourt, CEO of Global Bioenergies, adds: "The soon-to-come completion of
the Leuna Demo plant is changing the company's whole posture. We are
transitioning from an R&D-driven structure to an integrated industrialist
positioning. In-licensing technology segments from third parties will help us
out-licensing our processes to exploiting entities."
About GLOBAL BIOENERGIES
Global Bioenergies is one of the few companies worldwide, and the only one in
Europe, that is developing a process to convert renewable resources into
hydrocarbons through fermentation. The Company initially focused its efforts on
the production of isobutene, one of the most important petrochemical building
blocks that can be converted into fuels, plastics, organic glass and elastomers.
Global Bioenergies continues to improve the performances of its process,
operates its industrial pilot, is completing the construction of its demo plant
in Germany, and prepares the first full-scale plant through a Joint-Venture with
Cristal Union, named IBN-One. The company also replicated its achievement to
propylene and butadiene, two members of the gaseous olefins family, key
molecules at the heart of petrochemical industry. Global Bioenergies is listed
on Alternext, Euronext Paris (FR0011052257 - ALGBE).
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GLOBAL BIOENERGIES
Frédéric PÂQUES
Chief Operations Officer
Phone: +33 (0)1 64 98 20 50
Email: invest(at)global-bioenergies.com
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