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(88) Date of publication A3: 14.03.2013 (43) Date of publication: 29.01.2014 Bulletin 2014/05 (21) Application number: 12760739.8 (22) Date of filing: 23.03.2012

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C12N 1/19(2006.01) C12N 1/38(2006.01) C12N 15/55(2006.01) C12P 7/16(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2012/030468 (87) International publication number: WO 2012/129548 (27.09.2012 Gazette 2012/39)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR (30) Priority: 23.03.2011 US 201161466712 P 17.06.2011 US 201161498292 P (71) Applicant: Butamax(tm) Advanced Biofuels LLC Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0268 (US)	(72) Inventors: DICOSIMO, Robert Chadds Ford Pennsylvania 19317-9720 (US) KRUCKEBERG, Arthur Leo Wilmington Delaware 19806 (US) VAN AKEN, Thomas Edwin Kennett Square Pennsylvania 19348 (US) (74) Representative: Owen, Deborah Jane  Dehns St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD London EC4Y 8JD (GB)