US Patent Issued to Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University on Dec. 16 for "System and method of biocatalytic conversion for production of alcohols, ketones, and organic acids" (Oklahoma Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,634, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, Okla.).

"System and method of biocatalytic conversion for production of alcohols, ketones, and organic acids" was invented by Hasan K. Atiyeh (Stillwater, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Biocatalytic conversion systems and methods of producing and using same that have improved yields are disclosed. The systems and methods involve co-fermentation of sugars and gaseous substrates for alcohol, ketone, and/or organic acid production. The systems and methods may include biocatalytically converting at least one sugar substrate into at l...