date:Sep 20, 2012
ms its intellectual property (IP) rights protect the key modifications necessary to enable this process.
Brett Lund, executive vice president and general counsel of Gevo, told FoodProductionDaily.com: Without access to this IP, a competitor such as Butamax will be unable to produce isobutanol at commercially relevant levels.
Based on Butamax's own publications, we are confident that Butamax is infringing upon Gevo's patents.
Butamax claims its patents, developed in 2005, cover the fundamental