{
  "patent_number": "US 9085785",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Microbes Turn Carbon Waste into Useful Chemicals",
  "original_title": "Use of oxyhydrogen microorganisms for non-photosynthetic carbon capture and conversion of inorganic and/or C1 carbon sources into useful organic compounds",
  "summary": "This patent describes a method using special bacteria called oxyhydrogen microorganisms, specifically Rhodococcus sp., to convert carbon dioxide and other single-carbon compounds into valuable organic chemicals like biofuels.",
  "what_it_does": "The patent outlines a biological and chemical process to capture and convert carbon compounds. It involves introducing an inorganic carbon compound (like carbon dioxide, per claim 2) or a single-carbon organic compound (like carbon monoxide or methane, per claim 8) into a bioreactor. Inside, Rhodococcus sp. microorganisms (as specified in claim 1) perform a chemosynthetic carbon-fixing reaction. This reaction is powered by chemical or electrochemical energy from electron donors and acceptors (claim 1), which can be generated or supplied externally. The microorganisms then build these single-carbon inputs into longer organic chemical products, specifically those with carbon chain lengths between C5 and about C30 (claim 1). For example, industrial waste carbon dioxide could be fed into a bioreactor, and the microbes would convert it into a precursor for a biofuel.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover processes using photosynthetic organisms to fix carbon.",
    "Does not cover methods that produce organic compounds with carbon chain lengths outside the C5 to C30 range.",
    "Does not cover carbon conversion methods that do not specifically use Rhodococcus sp. oxyhydrogen microorganisms or their extracts.",
    "Does not cover processes where the energy for carbon fixation comes solely from light (photosynthesis).",
    "Does not cover methods that don't rely on externally supplied or generated electron donors and acceptors for energy."
  ],
  "filed": "2013-09-20",
  "granted": "2015-07-21",
  "expires": "2033-09-20",
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Kiverdi",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/kiverdi",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "John S. Reed",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/john-s-reed"
    },
    {
      "name": "lisa Dyson",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/lisa-dyson"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 9,
  "tags": [
    "biotech",
    "energy",
    "materials",
    "chemicals",
    "environmental_technology"
  ],
  "abstract": "Compositions and methods for a hybrid biological and chemical process that captures and converts carbon dioxide and/or other forms of inorganic carbon and/or C1 carbon sources including but not limited to carbon monoxide, methane, methanol, formate, or formic acid, and/or mixtures containing C1 chemicals including but not limited to various syngas compositions, into organic chemicals including biofuels or other valuable biomass, chemical, industrial, or pharmaceutical products are provided. The present invention, in certain embodiments, fixes inorganic carbon or C1 carbon sources into longer carbon chain organic chemicals by utilizing microorganisms capable of performing the oxyhydrogen reaction and the autotrophic fixation of CO 2 in one or more steps of the process.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9085785/use-of-oxyhydrogen-microorganisms-for-non-photosynthetic-carbon-capture-and-conv",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/9085785/use-of-oxyhydrogen-microorganisms-for-non-photosynthetic-carbon-capture-and-conv/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US9085785",
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