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Gevo, Butamax patent saga continues
There are not really a lot of bio-isobutanol producers out there -- the blog counts three right now and two of them are at each other's throats when it comes to patents. Both US-based Gevo and Butamax (the biobutanol...
GERD’s dirty little secret
GERD's dirty little secret - When omeprazole's patent expired AstraZeneca launched the optically pure version esomeprazole, which is apparently four ...
kilomentor
<p align="left"class=""style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: auto 0cm"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"size="4">Dear regular readers and occasional browsers, my company, ratiopharm, has been taken over by the largest generic company in the world, Teva. The regulatory approvals and other closing
Weekly News Roundup
What the blog is currently working on for ICIS Chemical Business is a story on succinic acid. This market is very small but people are wondering whether this chemical will have a big impact in the market in the future....
Weekly News Roundup
For those who have emailed me the past few days, bear with me as I am sifting through hundreds of emails (mostly newsletters and press releases - yeah I do need to unsubscribe to some of them one of these...
Gevo update: Isobutanol lawsuit Round 2
Or is it round 3 now? It's hard to keep track of Butamax's and Gevo's back and forth bio-isobutanol lawsuit these days. Gevo announced today that the the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) granted the company two patents on...
Bio-butanol patent fight continues
The blog has been following the biobutanol patent issues between Butamax and Gevo since August 9. Last week, however, Gevo announced its request to the US Patent and Trademarked Office (USPTO) to invalidate Butamax's patent 7,851,188 issued on December...
Weekly News Roundup
The countdown begins! I need 6 more twitter followers to reach my 1000 mark before my birthday ends today. For those who are already in the twitter world and would like to get instant blog updates (and updates from conferences...
The China Intellectual Property Right Dilemma
By John Richardson INTELLECTUAL property right protection has long been a nightmare in China thanks to the ability of government research institutions to rapidly and very effectively copy technologies.
Science careers, damping and oil
My latest editorial contribution to Materials Today and a little more oily news. Paradigms, peers, and patents - For ...
