1. Agricultural Research Service Types of patented technologies from Midwest Area laboratories Crops - enhanced biomass, biofuel or nutritional (human or animal) properties, disease or insect resistance Biofuels - enhanced microbes and processes and for conversion of waste streams Biobased building blocks – microbial production Chemical building blocks - environmentally friendly processes for synthesis from biobased materials New chemicals, polymers, etc. and processes for synthesis Livestock - Diagnostics for animal diseases and food safety, vaccines or biologicals, nutrition Nutrition - probiotics, fat replacement, sweeteners, phytonutrients, crops with enhanced nutrient/health, food ingredients and processes Microbials/formulations for control of plant diseases or insects (see back for recent examples from one ARS Midwest Area lab)

2. EXAMPLES OF AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGIES – Biobased and Bioenergy Technologies Midwest Area, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL location ARS docketTitle U.S. Patent/ Application Status 89.11NOVEL YEAST STRAINS AND METHOD FOR LIGNOCELLULOSE TO ETHANOL PRODUCTION13/563,868filed 119.07INHIBITOR TOLERANT SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE STRAIN12/143,965filed 139.11 NOVEL KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS STRAINS AND METHOD OF USING STRAINS 13/747,691filed 283.12 A NOVEL SYNTHETIC PROMOTER FOR XYLOSE-REGULATED GENE EXPRESSION IN SACCHAROMYCES YEASTS in preparation 166.13UNIQUE YEASTS FOR CONVERSION OF LOW COST LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS TO LIPIDS in preparation 1.08/37.13CARBONATE PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS8,354,040/ 8,679,365issued 60.10 ELASTOMER PRODUCT FROM EPOXIDIZED VEGETABLE OIL AND GLIADIN 8,575,289issued 8.10 OLIGOMERIZATION OF JOJOBA OIL IN SUPER-CRITICAL CO2 FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS 8,742,148issued 55.11 CARBOHYDRATE AND POLYOL ETHERS AS RENEWABLE OILS, GREASES, AND LIQUID FUELS 8,722,943issued 84.11 A METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF KETONES FROM PLANT OILS 8,541,626issued 188.09 GREEN DETERGENTS FROM AGRICULTURE-BASED LIPIDS AND SUGARS 8,314,219issued 70.06 PREPARATION AND USES OF LOCKED-RING SUGAR C-GLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVES 7,888,500issued 71.06 METHOD OF MAKING FATTY ACID ESTER DERIVATIVES 8,173,825issued 109.09 PROCESS TO PREPARE A PHOSPHOROUS CONTAINING VEGETABLE OIL BASED LUBRICANT ADDITIVE 13/220,788allowed 111.09 PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF NITROGEN-CONTAINING VEGETABLE OIL-BASED LUBRICANT ADDITIVE 13/216,841allowed 243.12 PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE ANTIMICROBIALS FOR ERADICATING LACTOBACILLI THAT CONTAMINATE AND REDUCE ETHANOL YIELDS IN BIOFUEL FERMENTATIONS 13/837,654filed 12.12 HEAVY METAL REMEDIATION VIA THIOLATED BIO-OILS 13/706,551filed 10.12 PROCESS FOR ISOMERIZATION AND DECARBOXYLATION OF UNSATURATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS WITH A METAL CATALYST OR CATALYST PRECURSOR 14/203,686filed 107.13 NOVEL USES OF OIL AND ITS COMPONENTS Prov 61/968,094filed 16.14 CONVERSION OF CRUDE PROTEIN FROM AGRICULTURAL SOURCES TO OIL AND AMMONIA BY MUTAGENIZED YARROWIA STRAIN in preparation For more information, contact NCAUR Director, Paul Sebesta, at paul.sebesta@ars.usda.govpaul.sebesta@ars.usda.gov or Midwest Area Technology Transfer Coordinator, Renée Wagner at renee.wagner@ars.usda.govrenee.wagner@ars.usda.gov