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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5137826 | Morchella rotunda sp. useful for producing natural blue pigment A novel mutant strain of Morel mushroom has been found to produce the blue pigment indigo by submerged nutrient culture medium containing a carbon and a fermentation in a nitrogen substrate. A red/purple pigment is also produced. The novel strain is Morch... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5124349 | Storage stable azadirachtin formulation Storage stable pesticide compositions comprising neem seed extracts which contain azadirachtin as the active pesticidal ingredient wherein the compositions are characterized by their non-degrading solvent systems. In a first embodiment, the pesticide comp... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5077201 | Natural blue pigment A novel mutant strain of Morel mushroom has been found to produce the blue pigment indigo by submerged fermentation in a nutrient culture medium containing a carbon and a nitrogen substrate. A red/purple pigment is also produced. The novel strain is Morch... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5053169 | Method for refining wax esters using amorphous silica Adsorbents comprising amorphous silicas with effective average pore diameters of about 20 to about 5000 Angstroms are useful in processes for the removal of trace contaminants, specifically phospholipids and associated metal ions, and chlorophyll A, from ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5030431 | High pore volume and pore diameter aluminum phosphate Aluminum phosphate compositions are provided which are characterized simultaneously by high porosity and phosphorous-to-aluminum ratios of approximately 1.0. The high porosity of these compositions is a function of high pore volume coupled with low surfac... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4994384 | Multiplying bovine embryos A method of multiplying bovine embryos by transfer of nuclei is described. The method includes enucleating a recipient oocyte, transferring the donor embryo nucleus to the enucleated recipient oocyte, and fusing the donor nucleus to the recipient oocyte b... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4970034 | Process for preparing isotropic microporous polysulfone membranes Isotropic microporous polysulfone membranes can be prepared by using a particular combination of casting solution and precipitation solution formulations, and casting conditions. Both hollow fiber and flat membranes can be prepared in this manner. The mem... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4939115 | Organic acid-treated amorphous silicas for refining glyceride oils Adsorbents comprising organic acid-treated amorphous silicas with effective average pore diameters of about 60 to about 5000 Angstroms are useful in processes for the removal of trace contaminants, specifically phospholipids and associated metal ions, fro... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4880574 | Method for refining glyceride oils using partially dried amorphous silica hydrogels Adsorbents comprising partially dried amorphous silica hydrogels having a moisture content of at least about 25 wt % and an average pore diameter of about 60 Angstroms or less are useful in processes for the removal of trace contaminants, specifically pho... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4877765 | Adsorptive material for the removal of chlorophyll, color bodies and phospholipids from glyceride oils Acid-treated amorphous silica has superior properties for the removal of phospholipids and chlorophyll from glyceride oils. The acid-treated adsorbent comprises a high surface area amorphous silica on which is supported an acid having a pKa of ... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4859591 | Transamination process for producing amino acids A process is disclosed for catalyzing the transamination of an amino acid precursor to the corresponding L-amino acid by using aspartic acid as the amino donor and by adding certain multivalent metal ions, in the form of solid metal particles or pieces, t... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4847081 | Synthetic bovine parainfluenza viral proteins A method is disclosed for constructing a synthetic gene for the production of a viral protein or portion thereof. The method is useful for genes found on minus-strand RNA viral genomes, such as those of rhabdoviruses or paramyxoviruses. The protein or a p... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4801742 | N-formylation of amino carboxylates with alkyl formates Formylating the amino nitrogen of an alkali metal salt of an amino carboxylic acid, by reacting the salt with an alkyl formate in an alkanol solvent. In one embodiment, the alkyl formate is added to the reaction as such; in another embodiment, the alkyl f... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4794090 | Immobilization support for biologicals A diagnostic assay support matrix is prepared by coating a support matrix with a polymer resistant to nonspecific protein binding and immobilizing the desired biologically active agent on the polymer surface.... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4789757 | N-formylation of amino carboxylic compounds with formamide The amine nitrogen of an amino carboxylic acid is formylated by reacting the amino carboxylic acid with formamide.... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4787976 | Non-adsorptive, semipermeable filtration membrane Disclosed is a protein non-adsorptive semipermeable filtration membrane and a process for producing the same. Said membrane, which comprises an interpenetrating polymer network, is prepared from a casting solution comprising a prepolymer polymerizable upo... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4781864 | Process for the removal of chlorophyll, color bodies and phospholipids from glyceride oils using acid-treated silica adsorbents Phospholipids and/or chlorophyll and other color bodies are removed from glyderide oil by contacting the oil with an acid-treated amorphous silica adsorbent comprising a high surface area amorphous silica on which is supported an acid having a pKa | 11/01/1988 |
| 4743553 | Synthetic genes for bovine parainfluenza virus A method is disclosed for constructing a synthetic gene for the production of a viral protein or portion thereof. The method is useful for genes found on minus-strand RNA viral genomes, such as those of rhabdoviruses or paramyxoviruses. The protein or a p... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4734401 | Process for spray drying amino acid compositions A process is disclosed whereby a depyrogenated solution comprising one or more amino acids is converted to a dried, amorphous product by spray drying. The solution optionally may contain one or more additional components, such as salts, buffers, lipids, v... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4734226 | Method for refining glyceride oils using acid-treated amorphous silica Adsorbents comprising organic acid-treated amorphous silicas with effective average pore diameters of about 60 to about 5000 Angstroms are useful in processes for the removal of trace contaminants, specifically phospholipids and associated metal ions, fro... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4684530 | Adsorption of proteins from fluids Protein may be removed from fluids by adsorption onto inorganic oxide-silica cogels. Preferred cogels are silica alumina and silica magnesia activated so that the cogel surface is in acid form, with H0 values less than the pH of the protein-con... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4629588 | Method for refining glyceride oils using amorphous silica Adsorbents comprising amorphous silicas with effective average pore diameters of about 60 to about 5000 Angstroms are useful in processes for the removal of trace contaminants, specifically phospholipids and associated metal ions, from glyceride oils.... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4609483 | Scale inhibiting composition A composition for inhibiting deposition of scale in aqueous systems is disclosed which comprises carboxymethylcellulose and gluconic acid or glucoheptonic acid or both, or their water soluble salts. The composition is incorporated in the aqueous system in... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4560653 | Process for preparing L-aspartic acid A process for preparing L-aspartic acid by contacting fumarate ion-containing solution with aspartase or aspartase-producing microorganisms, adding maleic acid to insolubilize or precipitate the L-aspartic acid, isomerizing maleic acid in the supernatant ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4547590 | Carbon monoxide process for the production of alpha amino acids A process is disclosed for the synthesis of alpha-amino acid by first contacting the condensation product of an aldehyde or ketone and an amine or amide with a protic or Lewis acid solvent and carbon monoxide to form an intermediate reaction product, and ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4528273 | Microorganism strains for the fermentative preparation of L-serine A method for improving a strain of microorganisms capable of converting glycine to L-serine by selecting for strain-improving mutations such that the improved strain is serine dehydratase negative and is resistant to at least one of the amino acid analogs... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4421854 | Fermentative preparation of L-leucine L-leucine is prepared by cultivation of an analogue-resistant mutant of Arthrobacter citreus in an aqueous nutrient medium under aerobic conditions. The cultivation is preferably carried out at about 30° C. and at a pH of 5 to 0.8. L-leucine is recovered... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4421853 | Fermentative preparation of L-leucine L-leucine is prepared by cultivation of an analogue-resistant mutant of Brevibacterium thiogenitalis in an aqueous nutrient medium under aerobic conditions. The cultivation is preferably carried out at about 30° C. and at a pH of 5 to 8. L-leucine is rec... | 12/20/1983 |
