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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8114449 | Alcohol-tolerant malolactic strains for the maturation of wines with average or high pH Lactic bacterial strains of the genera Lactobacillus and Pediococcus which are capable of initiating and carrying out a complete malolactic fermentation on direct introduction, in the dried, frozen or lyophilised state, without a previous acclimatizati... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8043638 | Mutant ILV5 gene and use thereof The present invention relates to a mutant acetohydroxy-acid reductoisomerase gene (mutant ILV5 gene) and use thereof, in particular, a brewery yeast for producing alcoholic beverages with superior flavor, alcoholic beverages produced with said yeast, and a method fo... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7838053 | Barley for production of flavor-stable beverage According to the invention, there is provided null-LOX-1 barley and plant products produced thereof, such as malt manufactured by using barley kernels defective in synthesis of the fatty acid-converting enzyme lipoxygenase-1. Said enzyme accounts for the principal a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7780999 | Reduced pressure distillation of an alcoholic mixture The present invention relates to a method for distilling an alcoholic mixture under reduced pressure, wherein a portion of the fluid alcoholic mixture is distilled at a temperature below about 0° C. such that the fluid alcoholic mixture remains fluid while distilli... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7420105 | Barley for production of flavor-stable beverage According to the invention, there is provided null-LOX-1 barley and plant products produced thereof, such as malt manufactured by using barley kernels defective in synthesis of the fatty acid-converting enzyme lipoxygenase-1. Said enzyme accounts for the principal a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7353750 | Auxiliary sprinkling and recirculation device for wine-making tanks A sprinkling device, particularly for processes for making wine from red grapes, which can be associated with a fermentation and/or storage tank in order to recirculate the wine must that is being fermented from the base region to the top region of the fermentation ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351559 | 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, u... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7309602 | 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 provi... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7294278 | Method for oxygenating wastewater A method and apparatus creates gas-enriched fluid that is used to treat wastewater. In one embodiment, the wastewater is withdrawn from a supply of wastewater to be treated, and the wastewater is delivered in an atomized manner to a vessel pressurized with gas to fo... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7252850 | High protein and high fiber food products High protein and high fiber food products, additives for preparing high protein and high fiber food products, and methods of making high protein and high fiber food products are disclosed. More particularly, the additives and methods disclosed are useful for prepari... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247327 | Process for producing wort for fermented malt drinks The present invention provides a process for producing a wort with reduced content of a stale flavor-causing substance for the production of fermented malt beverages such as beer and the like in which generation of a stale flavor is suppressed, and it also provides ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244456 | Mushroom wine The present application discloses a process for making mushroom wine. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7214402 | Method and apparatus for distributed production of beer The present invention calls for the establishment of a centralized facility for the production of unfermented, undiluted, and unprocessed hopped wort using a single source of water. The hopped wort is then cooled and transported to a plurality of remote fermentation... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7175864 | Process for producing a malt beverage having improved foaming properties and product produced therefrom A brewed malt beverage having improved foaming properties due to the addition of caffeine. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172727 | Apparatus for blood oxygenation An apparatus and method for blood oxygenation are provided. The apparatus includes a chamber having a first inlet to receive a fluid, e.g., physiologic saline; a second inlet to receive a gas, e.g., oxygen, from a gas supply; and an outlet coupled to a capillary ass... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162784 | Apparatus and method for channelizer drum reformer An apparatus and method for reforming deformed drums. Deformed drums are placed over an apparatus that expand a series of arms as a user exerts a force generally downward and outward along a sliding axis of a central mast. The apparatus is secured to a rigid mount t... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7147882 | Process for preparing hypoallergenic and reduced fat foods Common allergenic foods are made hypoallergenic by treatment with super critical fluid or critical liquid gas such as super critical carbon dioxide or liquid nitrogen. The treatment of foods with liquid nitrogen or super critical carbon dioxide also enhances the fun... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7135308 | Process for the production of ethanol from algae The present invention describes a process for the production of ethanol by harvesting starch-accumulating filament-forming or colony-forming algae to form a biomass, initiating cellular decay of the biomass in a dark and anaerobic environment, fermenting the biomass... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131370 | Centrifugal separating device and method of clarifying must during the production of wine The invention relates to a centrifugal separating device and method for clarifying must during wine production, especially with a separator (7). Gas and/or gelatine and/or other additives are added to the must that is clarified in the separating device after ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7132119 | Method for producing beer The present invention provides a method for producing beer comprising filtering beer through a porous membrane until such time that the porous membrane is in need of cleaning, contacting the porous membrane with an enzyme selected from the group consisting of cellul... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7115289 | Method of manufacturing fermented malt beverages Fermented malt beverages with reinforced filling taste and fullness of mouthfeel are manufactured by addition of α-glucosidase prior to a heat treatment in a wort production process in the course of manufacturing fermented malt beverages Production of acetic... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114375 | Process monitoring and particle characterization with ultrasonic backscattering A fermention process is monitored by detecting ultrasound backscattered from the cells as a function of time. A transducer 46 is placed in a fermentor 30 and transmits ultrasound towards a reflecting surface 50. The transducer receives that port... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7115290 | Hopped malt beverage having enhanced light stability An improved process for the production of a hopped malt beer wherein a processing liquid containing riboflavin is hopped to form the desired beverage. The improvement comprises subjecting that processing liquid to an effective amount of actinic radiation of a wavele... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112346 | Method of inducing malolactic fermentation in wine or fruit juice by direct inoculation with a non-activated started culture A selected malolactically active Ln. oenos strain which is useful for inducing malolactic fermentation in wine or fruit juice by the direct inoculation of a concentrate of a starter culture containing the strain, the strain having a survival rate of at least ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7074603 | Process for producing ethanol from corn dry milling A process for producing ethanol by the conversion of carbohydrates from a corn dry milling process in which the bottoms fraction from distillation of ethanol in a conventional yeast fermentation is used in a process including a combination of biochemical and synthet... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7052724 | Method of producing active dry yeast A novel technique is provided for drying a yeast for brewing and a method of producing alcoholic beverages by using the yeast. It is intended to provide a method of producing a dry yeast which has the optimum fermentability when directly used in fermentation and giv... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7022354 | Process for producing fermentation product A process for producing a fermentation product by effecting fermentation with the use of a bioreactor having an immobilized microorganism located therein, characterized in that a non-flocculent yeast is employed as the microorganism. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008652 | Method for production of a flavorless malt base A flavorless, odorless and colorless malt base is produced by preheating a malt base derived from malt grains in aqueous solution in the presence of an activated charcoal absorbent to remove proteins from the mixture before or after fermenting the mixture in the pre... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7008535 | Apparatus for oxygenating wastewater A method and apparatus creates gas-enriched fluid that is used to treat wastewater. In one embodiment, the wastewater is withdrawn from a supply of wastewater to be treated, and the wastewater is delivered in an atomized manner to a vessel pressurized with gas to fo... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7000485 | Flow measurement system with reduced noise and crosstalk A flow measurement system including at least first and second ultrasonic transducers coupled to an existing conduit, a damping material about the conduit between the first and second ultrasonic transducers to prevent crosstalk, a damping material about the conduit u... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6974435 | Method for enriching a bodily fluid with a gas A system utilizes an oxygenation device to generate a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and to combine it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The oxygenation device may take the form of a disposable cartridge, which is placed within an enclosure.... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6942962 | Computer monitoring and control of fermentation It is desirable to enhance reproducibility and control of batch fermentation processes. Some examples of these processes include: alcoholic beverage manufacture, and acetone and pharmaceutical production. A cellular yield curve defines the relationship between subst... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6936221 | Method of forming gas-enriched fluid A method for forming a gas-enriched fluid is provided. The method includes a step of providing a mixing chamber having a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet. A first fluid is delivered into the mixing chamber via the first inlet and flows vertically. A second... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6814992 | Anaerobic fermentation method and apparatus A method and apparatus for monitoring a liquid undergoing anaerobic fermentation in a vessel is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an airlock containing a fluid for sealing the vessel and an electrical circuit operatively arranged to pass a current through the fluid... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6805885 | Fermentation vat An automatically operating fermentation vat for wine-making establishments includes a main vat (2), an upper vat (4) over the main vat, an uplift pipe (8, 12, 10, 24, 26) for feeding the fermenting liquid from the bottom of the main vat to the u... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6793957 | Process for the preparation of herbal wines from Himalayan berries The present invention relates to a process for the production of herbal wines from Himalayan ripe berries namely as Palam Queen from ripe berries of Berberis lycium, Palam Belle from fruits of Pyrus pashia and sweet wines Rohtang Chill and Thamsar Bree... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6703055 | Wine fermentation cap management and pomace removal A wine fermentation device for fermenting wine, and skins, seeds and stems which form a cap. The device includes a tank having cylindrical walls, an axis and a bottom. One or more optional interior baffles may be provided. At least one drain is located at... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6699515 | 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-ଲ(1,4)-xylanase, an arabinofuranosidase, an alpha-amylase, an endo-protease and a ଲ-(1,3; 1,4)-gl... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6689401 | Non-alcoholic beer A method of brewing a malt beverage having a low alcohol content is disclosed. A malt and cereal infusion having an extract content below about 14% is prepared, and boiled to obtain a wort. A predetermined quantity of hops are then added to said wort, whi... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6660915 | Low lipoxygenase 1 barley Barley plants having reduced lipoxygenase-1 enzyme activity are provided, for example, barley plants expressing mutant LOX-1 protein. The barley plants of the invention are useful in the production of plant products such as malt and brewed beverages, part... | 12/09/2003 |
