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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120107889 | ENDOPHYTIC YEAST STRAINS, METHODS FOR ETHANOL AND XYLITOL PRODUCTION, METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION, AND A GENETIC SOURCE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL STRAINS The present invention provides novel endophytic yeast strains capable of metabolizing both pentose and hexose sugars. Methods of producing ethanol and xylitol using the novel endophytic yeast are provided herein. Also provided are methods of fixing nitrogen and fertiliz... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107885 | Anaerobic Fermentation of Glycerol The invention relates to the development of appropriate cultivation conditions for a bacteria to grow anaerobically (fermentatively) on a glycerol substrate. The method requires culturing bacteria having a functional 1,2-propanediol pathway and a functional type II glyc... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120052536 | PROCESSING BIOMASS Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, methods are described that can use feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/o... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045807 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CHEMICALS USING MICROBIAL FERMENTATION OF SUBSTRATES COMPRISING CARBON MONOXIDE A process for converting a substrate such as carbon monoxide to useful chemicals has been developed. The process involves providing a substrate comprising CO to a bioreactor which contains a culture of one or more micro-organisms and anaerobically fermenting the substra... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045808 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR 1,3-PROPANEDIOL USING RECOMBINANT MICROBIAL STRAIN HAVING GLYCEROL OXIDATION METABOLIC PATHWAY BLOCKED Provided is a method of producing 1,3-propanediol by culturing a recombinant strain in which the glycerol oxidative pathway had been blocked, and more particularly a method of producing 1,3-propanediol by two-step culture of a recombinant strain in which the oxidative p... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120034648 | PENTOSE SUGAR FERMENTING CELL The invention relates to a cell which comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a xylose isomerase, wherein the amino acid sequence of the xylose isomerase has at least about 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 3 and wherein the nucleot... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120034659 | NEUTRAL pH SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a process for producing downstream products, such as fermentable sugars and end products, from a starch substrate by saccharification and/or fermentation. The saccharification is effectively catalyzed by a glucoamylase at ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110318790 | XYLOSE ISOMERASE GENES AND THEIR USE IN FERMENTATION OF PENTOSE SUGARS The present invention relates to eukaryotic cells which have the ability to isomerise xylose directly into xylulose. The cells have acquired this ability by transformation with nucleotide sequences coding for a xylose isomerase that has one or more specific sequence ele... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110312051 | PROCESS FOR GENERATION OF POLYOLS FROM SACCHARIDE CONTAINING FEEDSTOCK A process for generating at least one polyol from a feedstock comprising saccharide is performed in a continuous or batch manner. The process involves, contacting hydrogen, water, and a feedstock comprising saccharide, with a catalyst system to generate an effluent stre... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110312049 | MICROORGANISMS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL The invention provides non-naturally occurring microbial organisms having an ethylene glycol pathway. The invention additionally provides methods of using such organisms to produce ethylene glycol.... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110312050 | CONTINUOUS CATALYTIC GENERATION OF POLYOLS FROM CELLULOSE A catalytic process for generating at least one polyol from a feedstock comprising cellulose is performed in a continuous manner using a catalyst comprising nickel tungsten carbide. The process involves, contacting, continuously, hydrogen, water, and a feedstock compris... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110294170 | Pentose Fermentation By a Recombinant Microorganism The present invention provides recombinant nucleic acid constructs comprising a xylose isomerase polynucleotide, a recombinant fungal host cell comprising a recombinant xylose isomerase polynucleotide, and related methods.... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110294178 | METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF DIOLS The present invention concerns a new method for the biological preparation of a diol comprising culturing a microorganism genetically modified for the bioproduction of an aliphatic diol, wherein the microorganism comprises a metabolic pathway for the decarboxylation of ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110281310 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION OF ACETATE AND OTHER PRODUCTS The subject invention provides materials and methods wherein unique and advantageous combinations of gene mutations are used to direct carbon flow from sugars to a single product. The techniques of the subject invention can be used to obtain products from native pathway... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110275128 | Use Of Whey For The Manufacture Of Erythritol Erythritol is prepared from whey. Whey is treated to form lactose, the lactose is treated to form glucose and galactose, the glucose and galactose are separated, and then the glucose is treated to form erythritol.... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110269180 | Prokaryotic Xylose Isomerase for the Construction of Xylose Fermenting Yeasts The present invention relates to the use of nucleic acid molecules coding for a bacterial xylose isomerase (XI), preferably coming from Clostridium phytofermentans, for reaction/metabolization, particularly fermentation, of recombinant microorganisms of biomateri... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110256598 | CO-METABOLISM OF FRUCTOSE AND GLUCOSE IN MICROBIAL PRODUCTION STRAINS Recombinant microorganisms having an improved ability to co-metabolize in medium both fructose and glucose are described. The recombinant microorganisms comprise a promoter operably linked to a native or non-native nucleotide sequence that encodes a fucose:H+ symporter ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110250646 | AMMONIA PRETREATMENT OF BIOMASS FOR IMPROVED INHIBITOR PROFILE Methods for treating biomass for release of fermentable sugars with an improved inhibitor profile are provided. Specifically, a hydrolysate comprising fermentable sugars with an improved inhibitor profile is obtained by saccharification of a reaction product obtained by... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110244533 | FIBROUS MATERIALS AND COMPOSITES Fibrous materials, compositions that include fibrous materials, and uses of the fibrous materials and compositions are disclosed. For example, the fibrous materials can be operated on by a microorganism to produce ethanol or a by-product, such as a protein or lignin.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110229942 | Microbial Conversion of Oils and Fatty Acids to High-Value Chemicals Microorganisms for the production of high-value chemicals from free fatty acids are provided. The microorganisms comprise genetic mutations that alter fatty acid metabolism. The genetic mutations include a mutation or deletion of a fadR gene in which the FadR enzyme act... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110217744 | USE OF SUCROSE AS SUBSTRATE FOR FERMENTATIVE PRODUCTION OF 1,2-PROPANEDIOL The present invention is relative to a method for producing 1,2-propanediol by fermentation, comprising: cultivating a microorganism producing 1,2-propanediol in an appropriate medium comprising a source of sucrose, and recovering the 1,2-propanediol being produced, whe... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110212458 | Methods for Production of Xylitol in Microorganisms The invention provides biosynthetic routes to xylitol production that do not require pure | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110212498 | LIGHT-DRIVEN CO2 REDUCTION TO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS TO SERVE AS FUELS OR AS INDUSTRIAL HALF PRODUCTS BY AN AUTOTROPH CONTAINING A FERMENTATIVE GENE CASSETTE A process of producing an organic compound and/or an intermediary compound as defined herein by feeding carbon dioxide to a culture of a cyanobacterial cell and subjecting the culture to light, wherein the cell is capable of expressing a nucleic acid molecule, wherein t... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110207189 | METHODS FOR INCREASING PRODUCT YIELDS A non-naturally occurring microbial organism includes a microbial organism having a reductive TCA or Wood-Ljungdahl pathway in which at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding these pathway enzymes is expressed in a sufficient amount to enhance carbon flux through ace... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110207190 | METHODS OF XYLITOL PREPARATION The invention provides spray-dried preparations of microbes useful for oxidoreductase reactions, e.g., xylitol production, and methods of making and using those microbes.... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110201068 | MICROORGANISMS AND METHODS FOR THE CO-PRODUCTION OF ISOPROPANOL WITH PRIMARY ALCOHOLS, DIOLS AND ACIDS The invention provides a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having n-propanol and isopropanol pathways, 1,4-butanediol (14-BDO) and isopropanol pathways, 1,3-butanediol (13-BDO) and isopropanol pathways or methylacrylic acid (MAA) and isopropanolpathways. The mi... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110201061 | Process For Hydrolysis Of Wet Fiber And Method For Producing Fermentation Products From Wet Fiber Disclosed are a method of hydrolysis of wet fiber and a method for preparing ethanol. Generally, an agricultural plant material, such as corn hulls, distiller's dried grains, or spent germ, is treated to at least partially hydrolyze the fiber. The process may include a ... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110201070 | MICROORGANISMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION OF 1,2-PROPANEDIOL AND ACETOL The present invention concerns a modified microorganism with an increased methylglyoxal reductase activity, and its use for the preparation of 1,2-propanediol and/or acetol. In particular this increased methylglyoxal reductase activity is obtained by increasing the expr... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110201071 | Methods and organisms for the growth-coupled production of 1,4-Butanediol The invention provides a non-naturally occurring microorganism comprising one or more gene disruptions, the one or more gene disruptions occurring in genes encoding an enzyme obligatory to coupling 1,4-butanediol production to growth of the microorganism when the gene d... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110195461 | METHODS AND ORGANISMS FOR UTILIZING SYNTHESIS GAS OR OTHER GASEOUS CARBON SOURCES AND METHANOL The invention provides a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having an acetyl-CoA pathway and the capability of utilizing syngas or syngas and methanol. In one embodiment, the invention provides a non-naturally occurring microorganism, comprising one or more exog... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110195464 | BIOCATALYSTS AND METHODS FOR CONVERSION OF HEMICELLULOSE HYDROLYSATES TO BIOBASED PRODUCTS The invention relates to processes and biocatalysts for producing ethanol and other useful products from biomass and/or other materials. Initial processing of lignocellulosic biomass frequently yields methylglucuronoxylose (MeGAX) and related products which are resistan... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110189727 | METHOD FOR MODIFYING NON-STARCH CARBOHYDRATE MATERIAL USING PEROXIDASE ENZYME A method for the modification of a material comprising a non-starch carbohydrate, which method comprises contacting said material comprising a non-starch carbohydrate with a polypeptide which has peroxidase activity and which is: a. a polypeptide comprising an amino aci... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110189728 | PENTOSE SUGAR FERMENTING CELL The invention relates to a cell which comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a xylose isomerase, wherein the amino acid sequence of the xylose isomerase has at least about 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 3 and wherein the nucleot... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110190513 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS AND SYSTEMS FOR BIOSYNTHETIC BIO-PRODUCTION OF 1,4-BUTANEDIOL Three biosynthetic pathways are disclosed for microorganism bio-production of 1,4-Butanediol from various carbon sources. Exemplary methods are provided. The recombinant microorganisms comprising any of these 1,4-Butanediol biosynthesis pathways may also comprise geneti... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110183382 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING CHEMICAL PRODUCTS FROM C. PHYTOFERMENTANS This invention provides systems and methods for the production of compounds by C. phytofermentans. C. phytofermentans is genetically-engineered for hydrolysis and fermentation of carbonaceous biomass to synthesize compounds of commercial value.... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110171696 | Biological Synthesis of Difunctional Alkanes from Carbohydrate Feedstocks Aspects of the invention relate to methods for the production of difunctional alkanes in host cells. In particular, aspects of the invention describe components of genes associated with the difunctional alkane production from carbohydrate feedstocks in host cells. More ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110165641 | Synthesis of 1,2,4-Butanetriol Enantiomers from Carbohydrates A bioengineered synthesis scheme for the production of L-1,2,4-butanetriol, D-1,2,4-butanetriol and racemic mixtures thereof from a carbon source is provided. Methods of producing L-1,2,4-butanetriol, D-1,2,4-butanetriol and racemic mixtures thereof are also provided. M... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110144393 | PRODUCTION OF BUTANEDIOL BY ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL FERMENTATION The invention provides methods for producing 2,3-butanediol by anaerobic fermentation. According to particular methods of the invention, 2,3-butanediol is produced by anaerobic fermentation of substrates including carbohydrate and carbon monoxide.... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110143406 | Novel (S,S) -Butanediol Dehydrogenase, Gene for the Same, and Use of the Same The present invention has its object to provide a novel (S,S)-butanediol dehydrogenase. The present invention also has its object to provide a gene coding for the enzyme protein, a vector containing the gene, a transformant harboring the vector, and a method of producin... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110136190 | RECOMBINANT BACTERIA FOR PRODUCING GLYCEROL AND GLYCEROL-DERIVED PRODUCTS FROM SUCROSE Recombinant bacteria capable of producing glycerol and glycerol-derived products from sucrose are described. The recombinant bacteria comprise in their genome or on at least one recombinant construct: a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having sucrose transport... | 06/09/2011 |
