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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8148127 | Polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for p... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8119384 | Process for producing a starch hydrolyzate The present invention relates to processes for producing a starch hydrolyzate and optionally a fermentation product, such as ethanol. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8076109 | Processes for producing a fermentation product The present invention relates to processes for producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from milled starch-containing material comprising (a) saccharifying the milled starch-containing material with a glucoamylase having an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7897186 | Modified whey protein compositions having improved foaming properties Methods for improving the foaming properties of whey protein preparations by contacting an aqueous solution containing whey protein with a phospholipase are disclosed. Treatment of a whey protein preparation with a phospholipase results in a whey protein preparation... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7883883 | Enzymes for starch processing The present invention relates to a hybrid enzyme comprising carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and a fungal alpha-amylase amino acid sequence and to a variant of a fungal wild type enzyme comprising a carbohydrate-binding module and an alpha-amylase cat... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7871800 | Polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides preferably derived from a strain of Peniphora rufomarginata. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7749744 | Hybrid enzymes The present invention relates to a hybrid enzyme comprising at least one carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and at least the catalytic module of a glucoamylase amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to the use of the hybrid enzyme in starch pro... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7641928 | Dewatering whole stillage The present invention relates to a method of dewatering whole stillage comprising subjecting whole stillage to one or more enzymes capable of degrading a whole stillage component and separating the material obtained in step i) into a solid fraction and a liquid frac... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7582458 | Fermentation processes and compositions The present invention provides improved fermentation processes, including for use in an ethanol production process. The improved fermentation processes include applying at least one fatty acid oxidizing enzyme (especially a lipoxygenase) in a fermentation process. T... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7575769 | Preparation of an edible product from dough The present invention is directed to mold control and extended shelf life methods and compositions for preparing edible dough-based products, such as, for example, breads, by treating the surface of the dough used to prepare the edible product with at least one pres... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7312055 | Hybrid enzymes The present invention relates to a hybrid enzyme comprising at least one carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and at least the catalytic module of a glucoamylase amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to the use of the hybrid enzyme in starch pro... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306935 | Polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity and polypeptides encoding same The present invention relates to polypeptides having alpha-amylase activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to a polypeptide having carbohydrate-binding affinity and polynucleotides havi... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7244597 | Secondary liquefaction in ethanol production The invention relates to a method of producing ethanol by fermentation, said method comprising a secondary liquefaction step in the presence of a thermostable acid alpha-amylase or, a thermostable maltogenic acid alpha-amylase. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 6890361 | Modification of printed and dyed materials The present invention relates to methods and compositions for removing excess dye from dyed and/or printed materials, such as, textile materials dyed with disperse dyes, by treating a dyed or printed material with an esterase. The improvements resulting form the pre... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6849284 | Meat tenderization with a thermolabile protease The present invention relates to methods for tenderizing meat comprising contacting meat with a tenderizing-effective amount of a thermolabile protease having limited substrate specificity, wherein the limited substrate specificity is the digestion of only one of th... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6780202 | Modification of printed and dyed materials The present invention relates to methods and compositions for removing excess dye from dyed and/or printed materials, such as, textile materials dyed with disperse dyes, by treating a dyed or printed material with an esterase. The improvements resulting form the pre... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6296672 | Enzymatic method for textile dyeing The present invention relates to methods of dyeing a material which involve contacting the material with a dyeing system which comprises: (a) a mixture of (i) an aromatic diamine and (ii) one or more of a naphthol and an aminonaphthalene and (b) an oxidat... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6258590 | Biopreparation of textiles at high temperatures The present invention provides methods for higha-temperature biopreparation of cellulosic fibers by contacting the fibers with pectin-degrading enzymes, preferably thermostable, alkaline, divalent cation-independent pectate lyases, under conditions compat... | 07/10/2001 |
