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USOO9580731B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,580,731 B2 B0tes et al. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 28, 2017 (54) METHODS OF PRODUCING 7-CARBON 8,361,769 B1 1/2013 Koch et al. CHEMICALS VA C1 CARBON CHAIN 200-83 R 58. et al ELONGATIONASSOCATED WITH 2010.0035309 A1 2, 2010 Rh et al. COENZYME B SYNTHESIS 2010/0151536 A1 6/2010 Baynes et al. 2010/0203600 A1 8, 2010 Dubois (71) Applicant: INVISTA North America S.ár.l., 2010/02986 12 A1 11/2010 Behrouzian et al. Wilmington, DE (US) 2010. 0317069 A1 12/2010 Burk et al. 2011 0171699 A1 7/2011 Raemakers-Franken et al. (72) Inventors: Adriana Leonora Botes, Rosedale East 58.263 A. 1939 El (GB); Alex Van Eck Conradie, 2012/0101009 A1 4/2012 Beatty Eaglescliffe (GB); Changlin Chen, 2013,0065279 A1 3, 2013 Burk et al. Ingleby Barwick (GB); Paul S. 2013,0183728 A1 7/2013 Botes 2013,0210.090 A1 8, 2013 Pearlman et al. Pearlman, Thornton, PA (US) 2013/0217081 A1 8/2013 Pearlman et al. 2013,0224807 A1 8, 2013 Pearlman et al. 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