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Carbios Doubles Patented Enzymatic Tech in Two Years

Carbios Doubles Patented

On March 1, 2023, Carbios, a company at the forefront of developing and implementing biological technologies to transform the plastic and textile life cycle, has doubled its issued patent count since its last review in late 2020.

Protection of Carbios’ processes

As of now, Carbios and its subsidiary Carbiolice have a total of 336 patents across 53 patent families globally. In 2022, Carbios was granted several new patents protecting PET-degrading enzymes in countries like the United States, Indonesia, South Korea, China, Japan, and India. Additionally, Carbios has received patents within their existing patent families safeguarding the process of producing biodegradable plastics, specifically the masterbatch containing the enzyme or its production process.

Worldwide protection

Carbios is strengthening its intellectual property portfolio in areas with high demand for its innovative technologies, including 40 European titles that could be approved in all 39 European Patent Organization member states, 23 in Canada and 41 titles in the United States for North America, and a total of 152 titles in Asia, with 37 in China, 27 in Japan, and 24 in India.

Carbios may extend its 14 patent applications to other regions or countries worldwide in the upcoming years.

About Carbios

Carbios, a green biotech company founded in 2011 by Truffle Capital, specializes in developing innovative biological processes. Their unique approach involves combining enzymes and plastics to tackle the challenges of plastic and textile pollution and meet new consumer expectations in the era of ecological transition. Carbios has achieved a significant breakthrough in this field by deconstructing all types of PET, the dominant polymer in trays, bottles, and textiles made of polyester, into essential components that can be reused to produce high-quality PET plastics. This achievement, the first of its kind globally, has been recognized in a scientific paper published in Nature. In 2021, Carbios successfully launched a demonstration plant in Clermont-Ferrand, and has now partnered with Indorama Ventures to construct a first-of-a-kind unit, taking a crucial step towards industrializing their process.

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