Agricultural Research Service Types of patented technologies from Midwest Area laboratories Crops - enhanced biomass, biofuel or nutritional (human or animal) properties, disease or insect resistance Biofuels - enhanced microbes and processes and for conversion of waste streams Biobased building blocks – microbial production Chemical building blocks - environmentally friendly processes for synthesis from biobased materials New chemicals, polymers, etc. and processes for synthesis Livestock - Diagnostics for animal diseases and food safety, vaccines or biologicals, nutrition Nutrition - probiotics, fat replacement, sweeteners, phytonutrients, crops with enhanced nutrient/health, food ingredients and processes Microbials/formulations for control of plant diseases or insects (see back for recent examples from one ARS Midwest Area lab)

EXAMPLES OF AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES – Biobased and Bioenergy Technologies Midwest Area, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL location ARS docketTitle U.S. Patent/ Application Status 89.11NOVEL YEAST STRAINS AND METHOD FOR LIGNOCELLULOSE TO ETHANOL PRODUCTION13/563,868filed INHIBITOR TOLERANT SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE STRAIN12/143,965filed NOVEL KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS STRAINS AND METHOD OF USING STRAINS 13/747,691filed A NOVEL SYNTHETIC PROMOTER FOR XYLOSE-REGULATED GENE EXPRESSION IN SACCHAROMYCES YEASTS in preparation UNIQUE YEASTS FOR CONVERSION OF LOW COST LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS TO LIPIDS in preparation 1.08/37.13CARBONATE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS8,354,040/ 8,679,365issued ELASTOMER PRODUCT FROM EPOXIDIZED VEGETABLE OIL AND GLIADIN 8,575,289issued 8.10 OLIGOMERIZATION OF JOJOBA OIL IN SUPER-CRITICAL CO2 FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS 8,742,148issued CARBOHYDRATE AND POLYOL ETHERS AS RENEWABLE OILS, GREASES, AND LIQUID FUELS 8,722,943issued A METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF KETONES FROM PLANT OILS 8,541,626issued GREEN DETERGENTS FROM AGRICULTURE-BASED LIPIDS AND SUGARS 8,314,219issued PREPARATION AND USES OF LOCKED-RING SUGAR C-GLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVES 7,888,500issued METHOD OF MAKING FATTY ACID ESTER DERIVATIVES 8,173,825issued PROCESS TO PREPARE A PHOSPHOROUS CONTAINING VEGETABLE OIL BASED LUBRICANT ADDITIVE 13/220,788allowed PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF NITROGEN-CONTAINING VEGETABLE OIL-BASED LUBRICANT ADDITIVE 13/216,841allowed PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE ANTIMICROBIALS FOR ERADICATING LACTOBACILLI THAT CONTAMINATE AND REDUCE ETHANOL YIELDS IN BIOFUEL FERMENTATIONS 13/837,654filed HEAVY METAL REMEDIATION VIA THIOLATED BIO-OILS 13/706,551filed PROCESS FOR ISOMERIZATION AND DECARBOXYLATION OF UNSATURATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS WITH A METAL CATALYST OR CATALYST PRECURSOR 14/203,686filed NOVEL USES OF OIL AND ITS COMPONENTS Prov 61/968,094filed CONVERSION OF CRUDE PROTEIN FROM AGRICULTURAL SOURCES TO OIL AND AMMONIA BY MUTAGENIZED YARROWIA STRAIN in preparation For more information, contact NCAUR Director, Paul Sebesta, at or Midwest Area Technology Transfer Coordinator, Renée Wagner at