Gevo Gets Patent for System That Missed Goal at Minnesota Plant

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Gevo Inc., a U.S. biofuel producer backed by French oil company Total SA and specialty-chemicals maker Lanxess AG, received a patent for mechanical systems it struggled to implement at its Minnesota factory.

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office recognized Gevo’s proprietary “platform-separation unit,” which lowers the cost of producing isobutanol, the Englewood, Colorado-based company said today in a statement.