Biomass Technologies Available for Licensing

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory offers cutting-edge biomass technologies to meet the biomass market needs. A number of NREL's biomass technologies have been patented and are available for licensing.

Intellectual Property Items

U.S. Patent 6,509,184 - Alkaline Tolerant Dextranase From Streptomyces Anulatus
U.S. Patent 6,228,177 - Aqueous Fractionation of Biomass Based on Novel Carbohydrate Hydrolysis Kinetics
U.S. Patent 5,514,584 - Cloning of Cellulas Genes from Acidothermus cellulolyticus
U.S. Patent 5,321,174 - Controlled Catalystic and Thermal Sequential Pyrolysis and Hydrolysis of Polycarbonate and Plastic Waste to Recover Monomers
U.S. Patent 5,216,149 - Controlled Catalytic and Thermal Sequential Pyrolysis and Hydrolysis of Mixed Polymer Waste Streams to Sequentially Recover Monomers or Other High Value Products
U.S. Patent 5,300,704 - Controlled Catalytic and Thermal Sequential Pyrolysis and Hydrolysis of Mixed Polymer Waste Streams to Sequentially Recover Monomers or Other High Value Products
U.S. Patent 5,359,099 - Controlled Catalytic and Thermal Sequential Pyrolysis and Hydrolysis of Mixed Polymer Waste Stream to Sequentially Recover Monomers or Other High Value Products
U.S. Patent 5,136,111 - Controlled Catalytic and Thermal Sequential Pyrolysis and Hydrolysis of Phenolic Resin Containing Waste Streams to Sequentially Recover Monomers and Chemicals
U.S. Patent 5,359,061 - Controlled Catalytic and Thermal Sequential Pyrolysis and Hydrolysis of Polymer Waste Comprising Nylon 6 and a Poyolefin or Mixtures of Polyolefins to Sequentially Recover Monomers or Other High Value Products
U.S. Patent 6,423,145 - Dilute Acid/Metal Salt Hydrolysis of Lignocellulosics
U.S. Patent 6,660,506 - Ethanol Production with Dilute Acid Hydrolysis Using Partially Dried Lignocellulosics
U.S. Patent 6,013,860 - Expression of Enzymes Involved in Cellulose Modification
U.S. Patent 5,536,655 - Gene Coding for the E1 Endoglucanase
U.S. Patent 5,559,220 - Gene Encoding Acetyl-Coenzyme A Carboxylase
U.S. Patent 6,022,419 - Hydrolysis and Fractionation of Lignocellulosic Biomass
U.S. Patent 5,928,932 - Isolated Gene Encoding an Enzyme with UDP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase and Phosphoglucomutase Activities from Cyclotella Cryptica
U.S. Patent 5,432,276 - Isolation of Levoglucosan from Lignocellulosic Pyrolysis Oil Derived from Wood or Waste Newsprint
U.S. Patent 5,371,212 - Isolation of Levoglucosan from Pyrolysis Oil Derived from Cellulose
U.S. Patent 5,432,075 - Low Molecular Weight Thermostable .Beta.-D-Glucosidase from Acidothermus Cellulolyticus
U.S. Patent 5,712,142 - Method for Increasing Thermostability in Cellulase Enzymes
U.S. Patent 6,606,568 - Method for Predicting Dry Mechanical Properties from Wet Wood and Standing Trees
U.S. Patent 6,593,572 - Method of Predicting Mechanical Properties of Decayed Wood
U.S. Patent 5,730,837 - Method of Separating Lignocellulosic Material into Lignin, Cellulose and Dissolved Sugars
U.S. Patent 5,712,133 - Pentose Fermentation by Recombinant Zymomonas
U.S. Patent 6,498,029 - Pentose Fermentation of Normally Toxic Lignocellulose Prehydrolysate with Strain of Pichia Stipitis Yeast Using Air
U.S. Patent 6,719,908 - Phenol Removal Pretreatment Process
U.S. Patent 5,250,427 - Photoconversion of Gasified Organic Materials Into Biologically Degradable Plastics
U.S. Patent 5,705,369 - Prehydrolysis of Lignocellulose
U.S. Patent 5,424,417 - Prehydrolysis of Lignocellulose
U.S. Patent 5,503,996 - Prehydrolysis of Lignocellulose
U.S. Patent 6,193,837 - Preparation of Brightness Stabilization Agent for Lignin Containing Pulp from Biomass Pyrolysis Oils
U.S. Patent 5,785,852 - Pretreatment of High Solid Microbial Sludges
U.S. Patent 5,380,445 - Pretreatment of Microbial Sludges
U.S. Patent 4,942,269 - Process for Fractionating Fast-Pyrolysis Oils, and Products Derived Therefrom
U.S. Patent 5,091,499 - Process for Preparing Phenolic Formaldehyde Resole Resin Products Derived from Fractionated Fast-pyrolysis Oils
U.S. Patent 5,807,952 - Process for Producing Phenolic Compounds from Lignins
U.S. Patent 5,871,952 - Process for Selection of Oxygen-tolerant Algal Mutants that Produce H.sub.2
U.S. Patent 6,737,258 - Process for the Conversion of and Aqueous Biomass Hydrolyzate into Fuels or Chemicals by the Selective Removal of fermentation Inhibitors
U.S. Patent 4,615,742 - Progressing Batch Hydrolysis Process
U.S. Patent 5,919,927 - Purification of Caprolactam from Recycled Nylon
U.S. Patent 5,821,553 - Pyrolysis and Hydrolysis of Mixed Polymer Waste Comprising Polyethyleneterephthalate and Polyethylene to Sequentially Recover
U.S. Patent 5,386,070 - Pyrolysis of Polystyrene - Polyphenylene Oxide to Recover Styrene and Useful Products
U.S. Patent 5,798,237 - Recombinant Lactobacillus for Fermentation of Xylose to Lactic Acid and Lactate
U.S. Patent 5,514,583 - Recombinant Zymomonas for Pentose Fermentation
U.S. Patent 5,726,053 - Recombinant Zymomonas for Pentose Fermentation
U.S. Patent 6,566,107 - Recombinant Zymomonas Mobilis with Improved Xylose Utilization
U.S. Patent 5,464,602 - Sequential Pyrolysis of Plastic to Recover Polystyrene HCL and Terephthalic Acid
U.S. Patent 5,843,760 - Single Zymomonas Mobilis Strain for Xylose and Arabinose Fermentation
U.S. Patent 7,354,755 - Stable zymomonas mobilis xylose and arabinose fermenting strains
U.S. Patent 5,868,997 - Sterilization of Fermentation Vessels by Ethanol/Water Mixtures
U.S. Patent 4,964,995 - Supercritical Separation Process for Complex Organic Mixtures
U.S. Patent 6,583,317 - Synthesis of Acid Addition Salt of Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid from 5-Bromo Levulinic Acid Esters
U.S. Patent 5,907,058 - Synthesis of an Acid Addition Salt of Delta-Aminolevulinic Acid from 5-Bromo Levulinic Acid Esters
U.S. Patent 7,059,993 - Thermal Tolerant Cellulase from Acidothermus Cellulolyticus
U.S. Patent 5,366,884 - Thermostable Purified Endoglucanase II from Acidothermus Cellulolyticus ATTC
U.S. Patent 5,110,735 - Thermostable Purified Endoglucanases from Thermophilic Bacterium Acidothermus Cellulyticius
U.S. Patent 5,275,944 - Thermostable Purified Endoglucanases from Thermophilic Bacterium Acidothermus Cellulyticius
U.S. Patent 6,525,319 - Use of a Region of the Visible and Near Infrared Spectrum to Predict Mechanical Properties of Wet Wood and Standing Trees
U.S. Patent 7,223,575 - Zymomonas Pentose-Sugar Fermenting Strains and Uses Thereof

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