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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090176285 | Compositions and Methods for Enhancing Glycerol Utilization A glycerol utilizing cell and a method for the production of glycerol-derived target compounds are provided. The glycerol utilizing cell may comprise a glycerol metabolizing system or a glycerol uptake protein and be used to produce a glycerol-derivable target compound.... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090170175 | PROCEDURE AND ARRANGEMENT FOR TOASTING CORN AND THE PRODUCT OBTAINED TO BE APPLIED IN THE PREPARATION OF MASH FOR ETHYL FERMENTATION A procedure to turn the starch contained in corn grains to soluble forms includes seven steps, starting a first step in which the corn that comes from a hopper is placed into a rotary and continuous oven for its toasting, characterized because it also links a second ste... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090170174 | Glucose conversion to ethanol via yeast cultures and bicarbonate ions The present invention is directed to the enhanced production of ethanol from fermentation using an ethanol producing microorganism. In particular, the present invention provides a process for the enhanced growth and metabolism of an ethanol producing microorganism (e.g.... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090162910 | METHOD FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF PRIMARY METABOLITES, STRAIN FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF PRIMARY METABOLITES, AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION THEREOF The present invention relates to a method for mass production of other primary metabolites by inhibiting a specific metabolite of metabolism in microorganisms, a transformant for mass production of other primary metabolites plasmid clone by modifying a specific gene rel... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090162912 | 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... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090162904 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING BOLTING IN SUGAR BEET This invention relates to the field of sugar beet bolting and flowering control, specifically methods and transgenic sugar beet plants for suppressing the vernalization response. In particular, the present invention includes sugar beet plants and methods for modulating ... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090155871 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ETHANOL PRODUCING CYANOBACTERIA The present invention relates to methods and systems for the production of ethanol by cyanobacteria. More specifically, the methods can be used to produce ethanol using genetically engineered light responsive cyanobacteria.... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090155872 | ALCOHOLIC XYLOSE FERMENTATION AT HIGH TEMPERATURES BY THE THERMOTOLERANT YEAST HANSENULA POLYMORPHA Methods and compositions for the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic starting materials are provided herein. Embodiments provide yeast cells of the genus H. polymorpha with one or more modifications, including, for example, an inactive acid trehalase gene,... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090148914 | 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... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090142817 | PROCESS FOR HYDROLYSIS OF STARCH The present invention relates to a process for enzymatic hydrolysis of granular starch into a soluble starch hydrolyzate at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature of said granular starch.... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090142818 | Process of producing a fermentation product The present invention relates to a process of producing a fermentation product, especially ethanol, from starch-containing material using an alpha-amylase and a carbohydrate-source generating enzyme. The invention also relates to a composition comprising an alpha-amylas... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090139134 | BIOFUEL PRODUCTION Methods, enzymes, recombinant microorganism, and microbial systems are provided for converting polysaccharides, such as those derived from biomass, into suitable monosaccharides or oligosaccharides, as well as for converting suitable monosaccharides or oligosaccharides ... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090130257 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ANIMAL FEED AND ETHANOL AND NOVEL ANIMAL FEED A method for the production of ethanol and a modified animal feed is provided. The method replaces the starch in known corn-based animal feed with biomass fiber treated to make it more digestible by animals. The process includes wherein the pericarp and germ are removed... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090130256 | DECOMPOSITION OF FERMENTATION-INHIBITING SUBSTANCES FROM A FLUID There is disclosed a method of decomposing fermentation-inhibiting substances in a fluid including saccharide-containing substances, wherein a microbiotic mixture, especially a mixture of photosynthetically working micro-organisms and light-emitting micro-organisms is i... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090123981 | XYLAN-UTILIZATION REGULON FOR EFFICIENT BIOPROCESSING OF HEMICELLULOSE AND USES THEREOF The subject invention provides at least one nucleic acid sequence encoding an aldouronate-utilization regulon isolated from Paenibacillus sp. strain JDR-2, a bacterium which efficiently utilizes xylan and metabolizes aldouronates (methylglucuronoxylosaccharides).... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090123638 | Monosaccharide production system A monosaccharide production system is disclosed. The production system can be directed to processes for producing a D-galactose preparation, a D-galactose preparation and an isoflavones preparation, a tagatose preparation, and a tagatose preparation and an isoflavones p... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090117630 | FERMENTATION PRODUCT PROCESSES The present invention relates to processes for production of an ethanol product from granular starch... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117633 | Process of Producing Ethanol Using Starch with Enzymes Generated Through Solid State Culture The present invention is directed to process of producing ethanol using starch with enzymes generated through solid state culture.... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117632 | USE OF ETHANOL PLANT BY-PRODUCTS FOR YEAST PROPAGATION Embodiments of the invention relate, for example, to methods for reducing the load of organic acids and glycerol in water recycled to the fermentation process. Organic acids and glycerol produced during ethanol fermentation are used as a replacement for carbohydrates fo... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117631 | ALCOHOL EXTRACTION PROCESS FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION This document describes a fermentation product producing or processing apparatus or process involving membrane pervaporation (PV) and either vapor permeation or distillation or both. The fermentation product may be produced semi-continuously wherein product concentratio... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090104676 | PROCESS TO SEQUENCE BIOREACTOR MODULES FOR SERIAL GAS FLOW AND UNIFORM GAS VELOCITY This invention is a process for managing the gas flow through a plurality of bioconversion modules that provide a gas liquid interface. The conversion modules provide the gas liquid interface across an activated surface that converts at least some of the gas components ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090098624 | FERMENTATION PROCESSES The present invention provides a fermentation process for producing a fermentation product from starch-containing material wherein one or more antibacterial agents are added before and/or during fermentation.... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090099079 | Novel Fungal Enzymes This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and me... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090093035 | Blocking Sporulation by Inhibiting SPOIIE We have shown that the control of solventogenesis and sporulation can be genetically uncoupled in C. acetobutylicum. In strain 824(pASspo), the absence of SpoIIE causes sporulation to be blocked at stage II. The cell remains in a vegetative state, and this allows... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090081734 | Arabinitol Dehydrogenases from Neurospora crassa Stable and active arabinitol dehydrogenases (LAD) from Neurospora crassa and mutants thereof are disclosed. Arabinitol dehydrogenases are useful in the production of xylitol and ethanol from an arabinose containing substrate. Recombinant and heterologously expres... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090082600 | Native homoethanol Pathway for ethanol production in E. coli A native homoethanol pathway including chromosomal deletions of genes that are competitive with the native homoethanol pathway, and a highly anaerobically expressed pyruvate dehydrogenase operon. Bacteria including the native homoethanol pathway. A method of making a ba... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090081747 | ETHANOL FROM CORN AND USE OF DISTILLER GRAINS BY-PRODUCT TO PRODUCE FUEL GAS A process for substantially increasing the production of ethanol from corn and other such biomass feedstocks. Ethanol, carbon dioxide and distiller grains are typically produced during the fermentation process. The carbon dioxide is used as a feed for additional ethanol... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090081746 | BIOFUEL PRODUCTION BY RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISMS Provided herein are metabolically-modified microorganisms useful for producing biofuels. More specifically, provided herein are methods of producing high alcohols including isobutanol, 1-butanol, 1-propanol, 2-methyl-1-butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol and 2-phenylethanol fro... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090075353 | METHOD OF PRODUCING BIO-ETHANOL A method of producing ethanol, which comprises of starch obtained from continuously cultivated unicellular green algae strains which reproduce through a single cell clone cultivation method that cyclically produces starch extra-cellularly. Only the starch is recovered a... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20090068714 | Systems and Methods for Producing Biofuels and Related Materials Clostridium phytofermentans cells (American Type Culture Collection 700394T) and all other strains of the species can ferment materials such as biomass into useful products and coproducts, such as ethanol, hydrogen and organic acids. Compositions that ... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090068715 | METHOD OF PRODUCING BIO-ETHANOL A method of producing ethanol, which comprises of starch obtained from continuously cultivated unicellular green algae strains which reproduce through a single cell clone cultivation method that cyclically produces starch extra-cellularly. Only the starch is recovered a... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090053771 | Process for making fuels and chemicals from AFEX-treated whole grain or whole plants A process for hydrolyzing whole grain or whole plant biomass after an Ammonia Fiber Explosion (AFEX) process step is described. The process preferably uses a biomass that is hydrolyzed using a different combination of enzymes (amylase, cellulase and hemicellulase) to su... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090053784 | EXPRESSION OF AN ACTIVE CARRIER FROM XYLOSE IN GENETICALLY MODIFIED SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISAE The present invention confers to the ferementative yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, genetically modified by insertion of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a xylose and a glucose active transporter, the ability to assimilate xylose using a system of co-transport wit... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090053777 | Process For Concentrated Biomass Saccharification Processes for saccharification of pretreated biomass to obtain high concentrations of fermentable sugars are provided. Specifically, a process was developed that uses a fed batch approach with particle size reduction to provide a high dry weight of biomass content enzym... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090047720 | Method for extracting oil from a water and solids composition, method for the production of ethanol, and ethanol production facility The present disclosure includes a method for processing a beer stream for the recovery of oil. The method include a step of extracting oil from a beer stream into an organic phase comprising an organic solvent to provide in the organic phase at least a portion of the oi... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090047718 | Methods and compositions for producing solvents Described herein are methods, compositions and synthetic biology approaches for solvent production, including but not limited to butanol production. Described herein are recombinant bacteria and yeast strains which may be used in production of a solvent, including but n... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090042265 | Thermophilic Microorganisms with Inactivated Lactate Dehydrogenase Gene (LDH) for Ethanol Production A mutated thermophilic microorganism is prepared, with a modification to inactivate the lactate dehydrogenase gene of a wild-type microorganism. The mutated microorganism is used in the production of ethanol, utilising C3, C5 or C6 sugar... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090023192 | 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... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20090017511 | ALCOHOL PRODUCT PROCESSES The present invention relates to processes for production of an alcohol product from granular starch comprising a pre-treatment at an elevated temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature of said granular starch followed by simultaneous saccharification and ... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090017512 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL, HYDROGEN AND ELECTRICITY The compositions, methods and apparatus of the present invention allow the production of electricity, ethanol and hydrogen, and combinations thereof. In some embodiments, the invention provides a process for generating electricity or hydrogen comprising supplying a micr... | 01/15/2009 |
