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Biom thodes Licenses Virginia Tech Bioethanol and Biohydrogen Technology

Posted on June 24, 2008

Biom thodes, a French biotechnology company in Evry, has signed an exclusive and worldwide option-to-license agreement with Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties Inc. (VTIP) for multiple technologies for converting biomass to bioethanol and biohydrogen.The processes were developed by Percival Zhang, assistant professor of biological systems engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech. (Earlier post, earlier post.) Biom thodes plans to establish an integrated biorefinery pilot plant in Virginia to advance the process for the conversion of biomass into ethanol ...

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