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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20060051848 | Novel ethanol producing bacterium and process for producing ethanol A bacterium capable of producing ethanol at a temperature of 40° C. or more from a carbon compound which is gaseous at ordinary temperature and ordinary pressure as the raw material, and a process for producing ethanol by culturing the bacterium at 40° C. or more. ... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20060053514 | Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase II activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase II activity and polynucleotides having a nucleotide sequence which encodes for the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic ... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20060052942 | Integrated knowledge-based reverse engineering of metabolic pathways A method of enhancing the yield of a product is provided. A host organism that is adapted to produce the product as a function of metabolism in the presence of a substrate is selected and a plurality of optimal reaction pathways are determined by searching a database an... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20060051849 | Thermostable alpha-amylases An isolated polynucleotide comprising an open reading frame encoding a polypeptide having alpha-amylase activity, the polypeptide selected from the group consisting of: a) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence which has at least 70% identity with amino acids 2... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20060046284 | BGL4 beta-glucosidase and nucleic acids encoding the same The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl4, and the corresponding BGL4 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL4, recombinant BGL4... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060035355 | Method for producing sugar and a useful material An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing sugar and ethanol from sugar cane, in which almost all of energy to be consumed in the production processes of the sugar, the ethanol and the like can be supplied by the energy obtained by burning a... | 02/16/2006 |
| 20060035354 | Method for producing ethanol by using corn flours A method for producing ethanol starting from corn flours, which provides for the milling of the corn, the separation of the light fractions (bran), a first refining of the milled fractions, a first sifting with germ separation, a second refining of the milled fractions,... | 02/16/2006 |
| 20060019360 | Process for producing ethanol A process for producing ethanol including a combination of biochemical and synthetic conversions results in high yield ethanol production with concurrent production of high value coproducts. An acetic acid intermediate is produced from carbohydrates, such as corn, using... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20060014260 | Lower cellulase requirements for biomass cellulose hydrolysis and fermentation A semi-continuous simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process for the bioconversion of cellulose into ethanol and other organic chemicals is disclosed. The process provides for substantially higher substrate conversion at a given enzyme loading (or alte... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20060008885 | Method for glucose production using endoglucanase core protein for improved recovery and reuse of enzyme The present invention pertains to a method of converting cellulose to glucose by treating a pretreated lignocellulosic substrate with an enzyme mixture comprising cellulase enzyme and endoglucanase core proteins, wherein the endoglucanase core proteins are present in th... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20060005279 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acids as well as met... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050272137 | Fermentation with a phytase The present invention relates to an improved fermenation process wherein phytic acid-containing material is fermented in the presence of a phytase. ... | 12/08/2005 |
| 20050266540 | Ethanol production from biological wastes The invention provides methods, apparatuses, and kits for producing ethanol and other alcohols. The methods involve fermenting organic material in a fermentation mixture to a biogas comprising methane; converting at least a portion of the biogas to synthesis gas compris... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050266539 | Apparatus for the production of alcohol The aim of the invention is to produce alcohol from plant-based raw materials while reducing energy consumption. Said aim is achieved by separating the husk protion of cereals during grinding and feed said husk portion to a dryer (21) which dries distiller's wash... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050260554 | Ethanol production system The present invention provides a method of automating the production of ethanol in an economical method yet maximizing the conversion of grains into ethanol in an even greater conversion efficiency with a greatly improved feed value byproduct. ... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050255190 | Method for processing cereal material There is disclosed a method for processing cereal material that allows for a reduction of time required for steeping and a reduction in the number of unit operations in conventional corn wet milling. The method involves continuously and simultaneously having solvent abs... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050239181 | Continuous process for producing ethanol using raw starch The present invention relates to methods for producing high levels of alcohol during fermentation of plant material, and to the high alcohol beer produced. The method can include adding substrate continuously or clarifying continuously. The present invention also relate... | 10/27/2005 |
| 20050233423 | Methods for degrading or converting plant cell wall polysaccharides The present invention relates to methods for converting plant cell wall polysaccharides into one or more products, comprising: treating the plant cell wall polysaccharides with an effective amount of a spent whole fermentation broth of a recombinant microorganism, where... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050227341 | Increased-capacity still for high-quality distillation A still for distilling an alcoholic liquid such as wine. The still includes a chamber with a copper wall, which is intended to receive an alcoholic liquid, the capacity of the chamber representing a certain volume. The liquid which occupies the volume at the start of th... | 10/13/2005 |
| 20050214408 | Combination continuous/batch fermentation processes In the production of potable alcohols, a continuous fermentation stage is employed to pitch and/or initially ferment a wort containing fermentable sugars. An exemplary continuous stage involves the use of a gas lift bioreactor employing superflocculant yeast and stringe... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050208636 | Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant The present invention relates to a method for improved ethanol production from xylose utilising strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae comprising genes for overexpression of xylose reductase, xylitol dehydrogenase and xylulokinase, wherein in addition to said genes, ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050191736 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity andpolynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050181492 | Ethanol production The present invention relates to the production of ethanol as a product of bacterial fermentation. In particular this invention relates to a novel method of gene inactivation and gene expression based upon homologous recombination. ... | 08/18/2005 |
| 20050170483 | Chaotic fermentation of ethanol A method and apparatus for fermentation of ethanol. A method comprises selecting a desired fermentation on process with oscillatory process characteristics, providing a fermentor and a biocatalyst, feeding a substrate to the fermentor, and fermenting under chaotic condi... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050164355 | Methods for degrading lignocellulosic materials The present invention relates to methods for degrading a lignocellulosic material, comprising: treating the lignocellulosic material with an effective amount of one or more cellulolytic enzymes in the presence of at least one surfactant selected from the group consistin... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050158836 | Ethanol production in gram-positive microbes The subject invention concerns the transformation of Gram-positive bacteria with heterologous genes which confer upon these microbes the ability to produce ethanol as a fermentation product. Specifically exemplified is the transformation of bacteria with genes, obtainab... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050158798 | Production of consumable alcohols and components thereof The invention is directed to a process for producing consumable alcohols and components thereof, in particular for producing consumable alcohols and components thereof using high throughput rapid screening and production of combinatorial libraries of consumable alcohols... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050153410 | Integrated process for producing "clean beef" (or milk), ethanol, cattle feed and bio-gas/bio-fertilizer An ethanol unit and anaerobic digestion/bio-fertilizer unit are integrated with a cattle feedlot (or dairy operation), wherein a continuous, balanced process yields a sanitary, low- to zero-pollution, and economically efficient production of “clean beef” (or milk), ... | 07/14/2005 |
| 20050153411 | Metabolic engineering for improved xylose utilisation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae The present invention relates to a method for preparing an ethanol producing, xylose utilizing strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae comprising genes for overexpression of xylose reductase, xylitol dehydrogenase and xylulokinase, wherein in addition to said genes fo... | 07/14/2005 |
| 20050148056 | Kluyveromyces strains metabolizing cellulosic and hemicellulosic materials This invention relates to the use of microorganisms for the generation of ethanol from lignocellulosic waste materials. Yeast strains of the genus Kluyveromyces which have the capability to ferment cellulose, hexose sugars to ethanol are provided. Also provided a... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050142648 | Modified yeast consuming L-arabinose The present invention relates to a method for producing a L-arabinose utilizing yeast strain for the production of ethanol, whereby a yeast strain is modified by introducing and expressing araA gene (L-arabinose isomerase), araB gene (L-ribulokinase D121-N) a... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050124495 | Waste water treatment biocatalyst Disclosed is a composition of matter that features a liquid biocatalyst to stimulate biological activity. The composition is both environmentally and physically safe. The biological simulators in the inventive biocatalyst increase the metabolic and reproductive rates of... | 06/09/2005 |
| 20050118692 | Alcohol production using sonication A system and method comprising one or more transducers and an alcohol production facility having a liquid medium processing stream, the alcohol production facility adapted for use with the one or more transducers is provided. In one embodiment, the one or more transduce... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050118693 | Process for fractionating seeds of cereal grains A method for separating bran, endosperm and germ in a seed particle, comprising: Smashing the seed against a surface that produces separation of the germ from a bran-endosperm complex; Separating the germ from the bran endosperm complex; Freezing the bran endosperm comp... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050112739 | Method for producing hydrocarbons and oxygen-containing compounds from biomass The present invention generally relates to biochemical and chemical industry, and more particularly to a method which can be used in fermenting carbohydrate substrates of plant origin for producing C1-C5 alcohols, and for synthesis of higher alcoho... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050100996 | Methods for producing ethanol from carbon substrates The present invention provides means for the production of desired end-products of in vitro and/or in vivo bioconversion of biomass-based feed stock substrates, including but not limited to such materials as starch and cellulose. In particularly preferred embodiments, t... | 05/12/2005 |
| 20050095315 | Process for the production of alcoholic beverages using maltseed The invention relates to a process for the production of alcoholic beverages such as beer or whiskey with a mixture of enzymes comprising an endo-β(1,4)-xylanase, an arabinofuranosidase, an alpha-amylase, an endo-protease and a β-(1,3; 1,4)-glucanase, and optionally, ... | 05/05/2005 |
| 20050089979 | Process for continuous solvent production A continuous process for production of solvents, particularly acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) using fermentation of solventogenic microorganisms and gas stripping is provided. The solventogenic microorganisms are inoculated in a nutrient medium containing assimilable carb... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050074858 | Cellooligosaccharide-fermentative Zymobacter transformed microorganisms This invention provides transformed microorganisms which can produce ethanol from cellooligosaccharide, by introducing β-glucosidase gene by recombinant DNA method, into microorganisms belonging to genus Zymobacter which cannot utilize cellooligosaccharide. ... | 04/07/2005 |
| 20050069998 | Procedure for the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass using a new heat-tolerant yeast It includes the stages of grinding the lignocellulosic biomass to a size of 15-30 mm, subjecting the product obtained to steam explosion pre-treatment at a temperature of 190-230° C. for between 1 and 10 minutes in a reactor (2), collecting the pre-treated mater... | 03/31/2005 |
