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Crispy Chip Sandwich and Process of Producing a Sandwich Product
A food product comprising a multilayer cookie or snack having outer layers formed from a crispy type edible food product such as a potato chip or corn chip, etc. with an intermediate marshmallow layer being in contact with the inner surface of each crispy chip and one or more filler substances.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129220 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF USEFUL SUBSTANCE, AND SURFACTANT FOR USE IN THE PROCESS The present invention is aimed to provide a method for industrially producing a useful substance (protein etc.) utilizing a bacterium such as Escherichia coli in the presence of a surfactant and a surfactant to be used in this method for producing a useful substa... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120107452 | AERATION SYSTEMS FOR HORIZONTAL PHOTOBIOREACTORS This invention relates to an aeration system comprising an aeration section, a degassing section and optionally an additional section. This invention also relates to a horizontal photobioreactor comprising the aeration system. This invention further relates to methods o... | 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 |
| 20120052541 | IMPROVED CARBON CAPTURE IN FERMENTATION The present invention relates to improvement in efficiency in gasification for use with syngas fermentation. In particular, the invention relates to increasing the overall carbon capture efficiency of a gasification/fermentation process to produce products such as alcoh... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045814 | Method of Producing Synthetic Petroleum From Coal or Hydrocarbons or From C,H or Oxygen Using a Host Microorganism The invention relates to a method of making microorganisms capable of producing petroleum from coal, or wood or certain other fossil fuels or raw materials, wherein gene sequences responsible for such production are isolated from microorganisms capable of such productio... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120034669 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING USEFUL SUBSTANCE The present invention provides a process for producing a useful substance which comprises culturing a transformant obtained by transforming a microorganism capable of producing the useful substance with a DNA encoding a protein in a medium, wherein the protein has an ac... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120020927 | Bacterial Strains Having an Outstanding Ability to Produce Menaquinone The invention relates to bacterial strains having an outstanding ability to produce menaquinone and to applications thereof.... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120015413 | Microorganisms with Extended Substrate Utilization Range The present invention relates to a microorganism of the genus Cupriavidus or Ralstonia, which is genetically modified to express phosphomannose isomerase (EC5.3.1.8) and facilitated diffusion protein for mannose uptake (EC1.3.1.74), and optionally mannofru... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120015418 | GENES AND PROTEINS FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE LANTIBIOTIC 107891 The invention relates to the field of lantibiotics, and more specifically to the isolation of nucleic acid molecules that code for the enzymes required for the biosynthetic pathway of the lantibiotic 107891 and the homologues thereof.... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120003705 | Biological Clean Fuel Processing Systems and Methods Methods and systems to achieve clean fuel processing systems in which carbon dioxide emissions (1) from fossil fuel consumption sources (2) may be processed in at least one processing reactor (4) containing a plurality of chemoautotrophic bacteria (... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110318805 | Microbial biotransformation of spent vanilla beans A process for producing flavor constituents from spent vanilla materials, comprising treating the materials with microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and yeast, that produce enzymes having the ability to degrade the plant cells systems of the materials, and recovering... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110311502 | AGENT FOR PREVENTION OR AMELIORATION OF OBESITY To provide a pharmaceutical product or food which has an excellent fat-accumulation-inhibiting activity and/or fat-metabolism-improving activity and which is effective for inhibition or improvement of obesity, fatty liver, etc. The present ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110306106 | HIGH EXPRESSION PROMOTER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GENE PRODUCT USING SAME Disclosed is a promoter which enables the expression of a gene product in a large quantity in Bacillus subtilis. Also disclosed is a method for producing a gene product using the promoter. Specifically disclosed are: a nucleic acid molecule which contains a promo... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110306085 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DEGRADING LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS The present invention relates to compositions and methods of producing bioenergy products and metabolites of industrial interest from lignocellulosic biomass. More specifically, the invention describes the identification, characterization and isolation of novel bacteria... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110306083 | SALT SELECTION OF MICROBIAL MUTANTS TO INCREASE BIOPRODUCT TOLERANCE, TITER, OR OSMOTIC SHOCK TOLERANCE Methods are provided for selecting microbial strains with improved properties for fermentation and/or bioproduct production. A salt selection is employed to identify mutants with improved bioproduct tolerance, titer, or osmotic tolerance relative to a microbial strain f... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110300589 | Novel Microbial Succinic Acid Producers and Purification of Succinic Acid The present invention relates to bacterial strains, capable of utilizing glycerol as a carbon source for the fermentative production of succinic acid, wherein said strains are genetically modified so that they comprise a deregulation of their endogenous pyruvate-formate... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110294184 | CELLULOLYTIC POLYPEPTIDES AND THEIR USE IN MICRO-ORGANISMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SOLVENTS AND FUELS The invention relates to applications of a cellulase of Pseudomonas sp. ND137, functional fragments and/or variants and engineered forms thereof, in the context of industrial bioprocessing, more particularly solvent production.... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110294183 | Modified Host Cells with Efflux Pumps The present invention provides for a modified host cell comprising a heterologous expression of an efflux pump capable of transporting an organic molecule out of the host cell wherein the organic molecule at a sufficiently high concentration reduces the growth rate of o... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110287476 | PRODUCTION OF ISOPRENOIDS The present invention provides methods for a robust production of isoprenoids via one or more biosynthetic pathways. The invention also provides nucleic acids, enzymes, expression vectors, and genetically modified host cells for carrying out the subject methods. The inv... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110284161 | BIOLOGICAL GLUE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING A BIOLOGICAL GLUE A method obtains a biological glue from a bacteria.... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110286996 | ANTIBIOTICS GE 81112 FACTORS A, B, B1, PHARMACEUTICALLY ACCEPTABLE SALTS AND COMPOSITIONS, AND USE THEREOF The invention relates to an antibiotic substances of microbial origin, arbitrarily denominated antibiotic GE 81112 factor A, factor B1 and factor B, which is produced by fermentation of Streptomyces sp. DSMZ 14386, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and compos... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110280835 | COMMENSAL BACTERIA AS SIGNAL MEDIATORS WITHIN A MAMMALIAN HOST Genetically engineered cells and microorganisms are provided for preventing or ameliorating diseases through genetically engineered quorum signaling. Therapeutic methods for using the cells and microorganism to prevent or ameliorate diseases are also provided. The genet... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110281316 | BACILLUS BASED DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE Herein a Bacillus exosporium molecule delivery (BEMD) system that provides a means to deliver molecules of interest (MOIs) to an environment is disclosed. The system results in the display of MOIs on the exosporium surface of Bacillus family members such t... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110280933 | EPICATECHIN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating a subject who has pulmonary damage or an injury caused by or who is at risk for an injury caused by an anti-vesicant agent. The compositions comprise cacao extracts that include a mixture of epicatechin and one o... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110269201 | REDIRECTED BIOENERGETICS IN RECOMBINANT CELLULOLYTIC CLOSTRIDIUM MICROORGANISMS Compositions and methods are provided for redirecting metabolic solventogenesis pathways to enhance the product yield from fermentation of biomass. Clostridium microorganism pathways are modified to extend the growth phase and prevent inhibition of acetaldehyde w... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110269183 | RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM HAVING AN ABILITY OF USING SUCROSE AS A CARBON SOURCE The present invention relates to a recombinant microorganism capable of metabolizing sucrose, and more particularly to a recombinant microorganism capable of metabolizing sucrose in which a gene encoding sucrose phosphotransferase and/or a gene encoding sucrose-6-phosph... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110269185 | Compositions and Methods for Producing Fermentation Products and Residuals The present invention provides compositions and methods designed to increase value output of a fermentation reaction that yields a first product, intended for commercialization, such as ethanol, and a fermentation residual used, for example, as animal feed. The methods ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110262480 | Method for producing multiple modifications in the chromosome of gram-negative bacteria and salmonella strains which are deficient in c-di-GMP synthesis obtained by said method Method for producing multiple modifications in the chromosome of Gram-negative bacteria and Salmonella strains which are deficient in c-di-GMP synthesis obtained by said method. The method can be used to make multiple modifications in the genome of Gram-negative ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110262988 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCED BACTERIAL HYDROLYSIS OF CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS The present invention provides compositions comprising a cellulolytic bacterium and an isolated BETA-glucosidase enzyme or comprising cellulolytic bacterium that expresses a secreted recombinant BETA-glucosidase enzyme, and methods of using same for hydrolysis of cellul... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110256603 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING AN AGRICULTURAL WASTE DIGESTER AND BIOGAS GENERATION SYSTEM An agricultural waste digester and biogas generation system. The system includes a digester assembly having a cylindrical body, a hollow interior, a center axis and a plurality of wheel segments within the interior of the digester assembly. A gas conduit extends from th... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110256604 | GENERATION OF ASPOROGENOUS SOLVENTOGENIC CLOSTRIDIA Expression of the SpoIIE gene in a solventogenic Clostridium cell is silenced and sporulation is abolished. The cell exhibits increased production of a solvent, such as butanol, relative to a wild-type solventogenic Clostridium cell and can be used for ind... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110256605 | CELLS WITH NON-NATURAL PHYSIOLOGIES DERIVED BY EXPRESSING LIGHT-POWERED PROTON PUMPS IN ONE OR MORE MEMBRANES Methods and procedures for designing and constructing microbes with the ability to harvest light energy are described. In certain embodiments, these methods and procedures are used to construct a photosynthetic yeast based on proteorhodopsin (PR) expression. Proteorhodo... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110250654 | MICROAEROBIC CULTURES FOR CONVERTING GLYCEROL TO CHEMICALS Glycerol or other reduced carbon sources may be used as a feedstock for the microbial production of chemical products under certain microaerobic conditions. For example, such production may occur under microaerobic or microrespiratory conditions in which electron accept... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110244528 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING USEFUL SUBSTANCE The present invention provides a process for efficiently producing a useful substance; and a microorganism which belongs to coryneform bacteria and which can be used in the process. The present invention provides a process for producing a useful substance by using a mic... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110244542 | CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROSPHAEROIDES FOR THE TREATMENT OF BIOMASS A method of treatment of biomass is described, characterized in that a microorganism of the species Clostridium sporosphaeroides is added to the biomass.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110244543 | U-Shape And/or Nozzle U-Loop Fermenter And Method Of Fermentation A fermenter and a method of fermentation in a U-shape and/or nozzle U-loop fermenter (100) comprising a U-part having an essentially vertical down-flow part (101), an essentially vertical up-flow part (102) and a substantially horizontal connecting ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110236941 | RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION THEREOF A novel genetically modified microorganisms capable of using CO to produce 1-butanol and/or a precursor thereof, novel methyltransferases and nucleic acids encoding same, methods for producing genetically modified microorganisms using said novel methyltransferases, and ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110236360 | LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM HAVING HIGH OXALIC ACID DECOMPOSITION ABILITY The present invention provides lactic acid bacteria having oxalic acid-degrading activity several times higher than those of conventionally known lactic acid bacteria having an oxalic acid-degrading activity, and uses thereof. Lactic acid bacteria capable of degrading a... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110223284 | Compositions and Methods for Producing Fermentation Products and Residuals The present invention provides compositions and methods designed to increase value output of a fermentation reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a business method of increasing value output of a fermentation plant. The present invention also provides ... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110217745 | Enhancement of Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Pre-treated Biomass by Added Chitosan A process for producing a fermentation product from a lignocellulose-containing material includes pre-treating the lignocellulose-containing material; introducing chitosan or a chitosan-like polymer to the pre-treated lignocellulose-containing material; exposing the pre... | 09/08/2011 |
