To be clear, I’ve got functionally zero experience with enzymes in any useful context related to what we’re discussing. Just enough knowledge to be dangerous to myself and others.
Let’s chat - if you shoot me your email in DM I’ll kick you a message. We are rather busy and tend to keep what we’re doing very close to our chest these days, but I am always happy to have scientific/technical discussions that may lead to some kind of collaboration, shared insight, etc.
Good efficiency but bad profitability sounds like an engineering problem to me.
Though the chemists in the room can probably comment more accurately on the subject than I.
I prefer to not learn about patented processes whenever possible - I’ve been advised that “we independently developed this so therefore it’s obvious to one skilled in the art” can be a pretty good defense if you ever need it.
Not that I have any immediate or planned goals wrt enzymes, and I’m very confident we’re well outside of the existing patent space with what we’re doing, but one never knows where the next fun discovery lies.