US Patent Issued to MARA Renewables on July 29 for "Methods of recovering oil from microorganisms" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,721, issued on July 29, was assigned to MARA Renewables Corp. (Dartmouth, Canada).

"Methods of recovering oil from microorganisms" was invented by Dorothy A. Dennis (Dartmouth, Canada) and Roberto E. Armenta (Dartmouth, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods of recovering oil from microorganisms. The methods are useful, for example, in obtaining nutritional oils and/or lipid biofuels. The methods of recovering oil described herein include contacting a population of microorganisms with one or more enzymes under conditions that cause disruption of the microorganisms, concentrating the disrupted microorganisms...