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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173390 | Method for facilitating fermentation of high solids compositions The present invention features a method for facilitating the fermentation of a high solids composition. The method involves subjecting the high solids composition to granular starch hydrolyzing enzyme during the fermentation process to provide a steady source of glu... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8163516 | Selection of ADH in genetically modified cyanobacteria for the production of ethanol The present invention discloses genetically-modified cyanobacteria with ethanol-production capabilities enhanced over the currently-reported art, and methods of making such cyanobacteria. The invention provides a genetically modified photoautotrophic, ethanol produc... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163515 | Eukaryotic Microorganisms for producing lipids and antioxidants Disclosed are compositions and methods related to eukaryotic microorganisms that can produce unsaturated fatty acids which can be purified and use. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163517 | Organic material production system using biomass material and method An organic material production system using biomass material includes: a hydrothermal decomposition apparatus (13) that causes the biomass material (11) and hot compressed water (12) to countercurrently contact with each other and undergo hydrot... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8148103 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides 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 wel... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148102 | Sequences for FK228 biosynthesis and methods of synthesizing FK228 and FK228 analogs Polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides involved in biosynthesis of FK 228 and those involved in synthesis of a novel FK228 analog, thailandepsin are disclosed herein. Also provided are methods of making FK228, thailandepsin and analogs of these molecules and meth... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143021 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides 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 wel... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143020 | Enhanced metabolite generation The present invention relates to the enhanced production of metabolites by a process whereby a carbon source is oxidized with a fermentative microbe in a compartment having a portal. An electron acceptor is added to the compartment to assist the microbe in the remov... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8129139 | Process for obtaining botulinum neurotoxin Rapid, animal protein free, chromatographic processes and systems for obtaining high potency, high yield botulinum neurotoxin for research, therapeutic and cosmetic use. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129141 | Fibrous protein fusions and use thereof in the formation of advanced organic/inorganic composite materials The claimed invention provides a fusion polypeptide comprising a fibrous protein domain and a mineralization domain. The fusion is used to form an organic-inorganic composite. These organic-inorganic composites can be constructed from the nano- to the macro-scale de... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129140 | Thermophilic endo-glucanase and uses thereof A novel thermophilic endo-glucanase, nucleic acid encoding the endo-glucase, and uses thereof in converting ligocellulosic material to fermentable sugars. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8105801 | Starch process The present invention relates to a process for enzymatic hydrolysis of granular starch into a soluble starch hydrolysate at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature of said granular starch. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8084226 | Method for site-specific protein modifications A method for site-specific modification of protein molecules includes providing a protein molecule having at least first and second non-terminal Cys residues at respective first and second sites within the protein molecule, providing a blocking molecule that is suit... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8067194 | Hydrolysis process for raw materials from the fishing and slaughterhouse industries and tanks for use therein The invention relates to a method and hydrolysis tank for enzymatic hydrolysis of raw materials containing collagen and proteins to produce the three layers: a top layer containing fat, a mid-layer comprising water soluble constituents and denatured collagen, and a ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8067193 | Production of a fermentation product A process of separating suspended solids from a fermentation liquor by subjecting the liquor to a solids-liquid separation stage, wherein the fermentation liquor is produced in a fermentation process for the production of a fermentation product, in which the liquor ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8030020 | Process for preparing live smallpox vaccine A safer live smallpox vaccine, which contains a lowered content of revertants, is provided. A process for manufacturing a live smallpox vaccine which comprises steps of: inoculating a master seed solution of an attenuated vaccinia virus to an appropriate number of c... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8030019 | Process for L-amino acid production using enterobacteriaceae with over-expression of ptsG gene The invention relates to a process for the preparation of L-amino acids, in particular L-threonine. ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026081 | Method of producing optically active (S)-7-hydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-one and precursor thereof Provided is a method capable of industrially producing optically active (S)-7-hydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-one and its precursor simply and efficiently. The production method, allows a R-body preferentially hydrolyzable Aspergillus microorganism-derived esterase ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8017353 | Microfluidic chemostat A chemostat is described that includes a growth chamber having a plurality of compartments. Each of the compartments may be fluidly isolated from the rest of the growth chamber by one or more actuatable valves. The chemostat may also include a nutrient supply-line t... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8017354 | Microorganism for producing recombinant pig liver esterase The present invention relates to a microorganism which comprises at least one copy of a polynucleic acid sequence which is foreign to the host and which encodes a protein having an enzymic activity, and comprises a chaperone system which assists the expression of th... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7960139 | Alkynyl sugar analogs for the labeling and visualization of glycoconjugates in cells The present disclosure relates to a method for metabolic oligosaccharide engineering that incorporates derivatized alkyne-bearing sugar analogs as “tags” into cellular glycoconjugates. The disclosed method incorporates alkynyl derivatized Fuc and alkynyl derivat... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955820 | Methods and compositions for the recombinant biosynthesis of n-alkanes The present disclosure identifies methods and compositions for modifying photoautotrophic organisms as hosts, such that the organisms efficiently convert carbon dioxide and light into n-alkanes, and in particular the use of such organisms for the commercial producti... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955819 | Process for producing sugar chain asparagine derivative A process for preparing asparagine-linked oligosaccharide derivatives including the steps of: (a) treating a delipidated egg yolk with a protease to obtain a mixture of peptide-linked oligosaccharides, (b) treating the mixture of peptide-linked oligosaccharides with... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7951555 | Membrane bioreactor The invention provides a membrane comprising a gel reinforced by a support. The membrane has opposing surfaces and a thickness between said surfaces. The gel communicates between the opposing surfaces and allows diffusion of a nutrient solution through the membrane.... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7939292 | Modified heparinase III and methods of sequencing therewith The invention relates to heparinase III and mutants thereof. Modified forms of heparinase III having reduced enzymatic activity which are useful for a variety of purposes, including sequencing of heparin-like glycosaminoglycans (HLGAGs), removing active heparan sulf... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7932052 | Use of methanobactin The invention provides compositions comprising and methods employing methanobactin, as well as methanobactin synthetase sequences. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7906301 | Multiplex method for increased proteomic coverage from histopathologically processed biological samples, tissues cells The invention provides methods for multiplex analysis of biological samples of formalin-fixed tissue samples. The invention provides for a method to achieve a multiplexed, multi-staged plurality of Liquid Tissue preparations simultaneously from a single histopatholo... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7892784 | Lactam ring-opening enzyme and use thereof An enzyme capable of reducing the antibiotic activity (i.e., toxicity) of streptothricin with respect to eukaryotic cells without sacrificing antibiotic activity with respect to prokaryotic cells is provided along with a streptothricin derivative having reduced toxi... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888062 | Process and composition for the manufacture of a microbial-based product Processes to produce microorganisms that can be incorporated into a microbial-based product that results in high viable cell yields and shelf-stable products are disclosed. These microbial-based products are useful for inhibiting pathogenic growth and as a food addi... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7863014 | Process for preparing nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate(NADP) The present invention provides a novel process for preparing nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP). The process of the present invention comprises performing phosphorylation using a polyphosphoric acid or a salt thereof and nicotinamide adenine dinucleo... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7858336 | Process and composition for the manufacture of a microbial-based product Processes to produce microorganisms that can be incorporated into a microbial-based product that results in high viable cell yields and shelf-stable products are disclosed. These microbial-based products are useful for inhibiting pathogenic growth and as a food addi... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7851180 | Microorganism producing L-methionine precursor and the method of producing L-methionine precursor using the microorganism The present invention relates to a microorganism producing L-methionine precursor, O-succinylhomoserine, and a method of producing L-methionine precursor using the microorganism, ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7846686 | Microginin producing proteins and nucleic acids encoding a microginin gene cluster as well as methods for creating novel microginins The invention provides for nucleic acid molecules enabling the synthesis of microginin and microginin analogues. The invention also provides for methods for identifying microginins as well creating microginins which may not be found in nature. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846685 | Methods and compositions for the control of coccidiosis Methods are provided for the sporulation, sterilization and storage of coccidial oocyst which are characterized by an absence of the highly toxic chemical potassium dichromate. Also provided are compositions containing sporulated oocysts which are free of potassium ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846684 | Enzyme system comprising an enzyme bonded in a porous matrix A protein system is described in which a protein is bound within a matrix material that has pores that are sized to achieve excellent properties such as: activity, protein density, and stability. In a preferred embodiment, the pore sizes range from 50 to 400 Å. On... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7833748 | Identification of syn-stemodene synthase The present invention relates to the isolation, purification, sequencing, and functional characterization of the class I diterpene synthase sequence OsKSL11. Transcriptional control of OsKSL11 provides a means of regulating production of stemodene. Further, since Os... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7811783 | Rapid method of detection and enumeration of sulfide-producing bacteria in food products A rapid method for detecting spoilage of a food sample, particularly a fish sample, by detecting and enumerating sulfide-producing bacteria (SPB). A growth medium containing iron and sulfur is combined with the food sample forming an incubation mixture which is incu... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807404 | Mutated truncated mt-A gene for the synthesis of active shorter fragment of 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase The invention deals with mutated truncated mt-pfkA gene encoding shorter fragment of 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase (PFK1), with no need for phosphorylation of the protein molecule for activation, that is not significantly inhibited by citric acid and/or its salts and ATP... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7803574 | Medical device applications of nanostructured surfaces This invention provides novel nanofiber enhanced surface area substrates and structures comprising such substrates for use in various medical devices, as well as methods and uses for such substrates and medical devices. In one particular embodiment, a method of admi... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803575 | Heat-stable carbonic anhydrases and their use The present invention relates to use of heat-stable carbonic anhydrase in CO2 extraction, e.g., from flue gas, natural gas or biogas. Furthermore, the invention relates to isolated polypeptides having carbonic anhydrase activity at elevated temperatures a... | 09/28/2010 |
