Verdezyne sells xylose technology to DuPont Industrial Biosciences

In California, Verdezyne announced the sale of its proprietary xylose isomerase technology, enabling the metabolism of 5-carbon sugars, to DuPont Industrial Biosciences.

Under the terms of the sale, DuPont has purchased rights to Verdezyne’s patented xylose isomerase technology, covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 8,114,974 and 8,093,037, for use in the rapidly-commercializing biofuels and biochemical fields. This technology allows the fast and complete utilization of biomass-sourced C5 sugars in production of various products of choice.

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