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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8088605 | Exopolysaccharides delivery system for active molecules The present invention relates to a delivery system for delivery of an active molecule to a patient, the delivery system comprising a population of exopolysaccharide micelles, each micelle defining a core for containing the active molecule. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8053216 | Bacterial cellulose-containing formulations A new method to produce formulations of bacterial cellulose that exhibit improved viscosity-modifying properties particularly with low energy applied to effectuate viscosity changes therewith is provided. Such a method includes the novel co-precipitation with a wate... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7943350 | 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 consi... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943349 | Modified thermoplastic starch from polysaccharide conversion A novel modified thermoplastic starch is manufactured from a native starch using a polysaccharide produced by the fungus species Ophiostoma ulmi, by growing a culture in a yeast extract medium; adding the native starch; mixing, and harvesting the modified the... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7883875 | Method or use of a solubilized glucan product to increase immunostimulation in animals A method of increasing immunostimulation in animals by administering to the animal a glucan product comprising a branched β-(1,3) glucan with β-(1,3)-linked side chains being attached by a β-(1,6)-linkage and being essentially free of side chains containing more ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883876 | serogroup A capsular polysaccharide acetyltransferase, methods and compositions Provided are methods for recombinant production of an O-acetyltransferase and methods for acetylating capsular polysaccharides, especially those of a Serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis using the recombinant O-acetyltransferase, and immunogenic compositions co... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883877 | Compositions and methods for enhanced bacterial exopolysaccharide production The present invention provides nucleic acid sequences and variants thereof capable of modulating exopolysaccharide production in Sphingomonas, and provides methods of using such nucleic acid sequences to generate bacteria that hyper-produce exopolysaccharide ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883874 | Galactooligosaccharide composition and the preparation thereof Novel strains of Bifidobacterium hifidum capable of producing a novel galactosidase enzyme activity that converts lactose to a novel mixture of galactooligosaccharides. The mixture of oligosaccharidcs may be incorporated into numerous food products or animal ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7811795 | Cellulose production by facultatively anaerobic microorganisms A method for producing bacterial cellulose, said method comprising culturing a biologically pure culture of a cellulose-producing Proteus strain in a liquid medium suitable for culturing facultatively anaerobic microorganisms, separating bacterial cellulose p... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7811797 | α-isomaltosylglucosaccharide-forming enzyme, process and uses of the same The object of the present invention is to provide an α-isomaltosylglucosaccharide-forming enzyme, process of the same, cyclotetrasaccharide, and saccharide composition comprising the saccharide which are obtainable by using the enzyme; and is solved by establishing... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7811796 | Immobilization of enzyme on a fibrous matrix A multilayer enzyme immobilization process is provided comprising adsorbing a polyethyleneimine (PEI) solution in a fibrous matrix, and adding an enzyme to the fibrous matrix, which comprises a plurality of fibrils. The process further comprises forming at least two... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807419 | 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 e... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7803583 | Measuring degree of polymerisation for meningococcal capsular saccharides that contain sialic acid The degree of polymerisation (DP) is an important parameter for analysis of saccharide antigens, particularly in glycoconjugates. The invention provides methods that can be used to measure DP for capsular saccharides, particularly for meningococcal saccharides e.g. ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7745181 | Process for producing yeast-derived glucan It is an object of the invention to provide a process for easily producing a glucan, which assures a high degree of safety and which does not generate an oxidation off-flavor, without using a hydroxide of an alkali metal such as sodium hydroxide. In a process of the... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7687249 | Polysaccharide derivatives with high antithrombotic activity in plasma The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of sulphated glycosaminoglycans derived from N— acetylheparosan which comprises: a) N-deacetylation and N-sulphation of the N-acetylheparosan polysaccharide prepared from natural or recombinant bacteri... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7670811 | Process for preparing isomalto-oligosaccharides with elongated chain and low glycemic index The invention relates to a process for preparing isomalto-oligosaccharides with elongated chain length. Isomalto-oligosaccharides are directly converted to isomalto-oligosaccharides with elongated chain length in the presence of glucansucrase. Said products can be a... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7670812 | Method of producing glycogen A method of producing glycogen comprising a step of: allowing a branching enzyme having the ability to synthesize glycogen to act on a substrate in a solution to produce a glycogen, wherein the substrate is an α-glucan being linked mainly with α-1,4-glucosidic bon... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7655445 | Methods for synthesis of sulfated saccharides The present invention provides methods, processes and reaction mixtures, which produce sulfated heparosan polysaccharides. This invention also provides methods and reaction mixtures for the synthesis of N-deacetylate N-sulfate derivatives of non-sulfated N-acetyl he... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7638311 | Method for producing α-1, 6-branched α-1, 4-glucans from sucrose Nucleic acid molecules which encode a branching enzyme from a bacterium of the genus Neisseria, vectors, host cell, plant cells and plants containing said nucleic acid molecules as well as starch obtainable from the plants described are described. Furthermore... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7582453 | Method to control the distribution of the starch sugar's molecular weight in oligosaccharides production A method to control the distribution of the starch sugar's molecular weight by controlling of Ultra-low DE value during the reaction was invented. The method comprising blending starch with water to get starch slurry, and then mixing it with the 0.01%-0.03% of CaCl | 09/01/2009 |
| 7556946 | Cell wall derivatives from biomass and preparation thereof In a first aspect, the present invention relates to a method for isolating cell wall derivatives from fungal or yeast biomass. According to this method, chitin polymers or chitin-glucan copolymers can be obtained. In another aspect, the invention relates to a method... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7534589 | Polymer grafting by polysaccharide synthases The present invention relates to methodology for polymer grafting by a polysaccharide synthase and, more particularly, polymer grafting using the hyaluronate synthase from Pasteurella multocida. ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7507558 | Processes for producing inulin The present invention provides a method of producing inulin by bringing inulin synthase into contact with sucrose, wherein: (1) the average polymerization degree of inulin is regulated by controlling the sucrose concentration; (2) the average polymerization degree o... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7491518 | Method of elevating yield of oligosaccharides containing α-galactosyl and anti-candida compositions A novel method of very efficiently elevating the yield of oligosacchrides containing α-galactosyl, compared with the conventional methods, which comprises treating galactose or a galactose-containing material with a specific α-galactosidase and thus performing a d... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7442528 | Modified alternan Four new Penicillium spp. isolates (NRRL 21966, NRRL 21967, NRRL 21968, and NRRL 21969) are capable of essentially quantitative conversion of native alternan to a polymeric modified form having a lower apparent molecular weight than native alternan. A fifth i... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7432426 | Plants and seeds of corn variety I516721 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I516721. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I516721, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn pl... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432427 | Plants and seeds of corn variety CV109921 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV109921. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV109921, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7423206 | Plants and seeds of corn variety I058206 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I058206. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I058206, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn pl... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413881 | Chitosan and method of preparing chitosan A highly deacetylated chitosan obtained from microbial biomass, a method of obtaining chitosan from microbial biomass, and biomass for making chitosan are disclosed. The method includes providing chitin-containing biomass; reacting the chitin-containing biomass in a... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414181 | Plants and seeds of corn variety I283669 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I283669. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I283669, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn pl... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413882 | 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, w... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410786 | Sulfated fucogalactan digesting enzyme gene A gene encoding a polypeptide having an activity of digesting sulfated fucogalactan which is useful in sugar chain engineering reagents, analyzing the structures of sulfated fucose-containing polysaccharides and preparing degraded products of the polysaccharides; a ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7399615 | Animal component free meningococcal polysaccharide fermentation and seedbank development Animal-free meninge fermentation media and process is developed based upon use of a chemically defined medium. To improve polysaccharide production, fed-batch fermentation is examined using different feed solutions and feeding strategies. A feed solution containing ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7390644 | Production of exopolysaccharides unattached to the surface of bacterial cells The present invention is directed to a Sphingomonas bacteria and a method of producing exopolysaccharides by culturing a Shpingomonas bacteria in a fermentation broth for a time and temperature effective for providing a sphingan exopolysaccharide in a ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7374938 | Process for producing non-cellulosic callose fiber by plant protoplast and callose fiber A method for producing non-cellulosic callose fiber by using plant protoplast, which imposes less burden to the environment with reduced energy consumption compared to conventional natural fibers is provided; it comprises the addition of an inorganic ion to a plant ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7354743 | 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 consi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7332304 | Process and materials for production of glucosamine and N-acetylglucosamine A biosynthetic method for producing glucosamine and N-acetylglucosamine is disclosed. Such a method includes the fermentation of a genetically modified microorganism to produce glucosamine and/or N-acetylglucosamine. Also disclosed are genetically modified microorga... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332323 | Strain of and method of exopolysaccharide production therefrom The present invention concerns a new epoxypolysaccharide-producing bacterium, the exopolysaccharide isolated from this bacterium and the use of the exopolysaccharide. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329524 | Agarase and gene thereof Production of efficiently producing agaro-oligosaccharide; a polypeptide having an agarase activity which is usable in, for example, efficiently extracting a substance such as a nucleic acid from an agarose gel; the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide; a gene enc... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326324 | Purification and use of gellan in electrophoresis gels Gellan can be purified from nucleic acid contamination by combining the contaminated gellan with DNase under conditions that allow the DNase to degrade the nucleic acid contaminant. The purified gellan is useful in gel electrophoresis. A buffer which allows cystamin... | 02/05/2008 |
