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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4045297 | Triglycerides determination method A method of determining triglycerides in biological fluids which comprises reacting a biological fluid sample with a lipolytic enzyme to liberate free glycerol, reacting said free glycerol with a coupled enzyme series in an oxygenated aqueous solution con... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4042461 | Method for purifying cholesterol esterase Cholesterol esterase is purified by removal of the separable lipase in an enzyme preparation containing both cholesterol esterase and lipase activities by treatment using a hydrophobic chromatography column comprising carboxylated polysaccharide material ... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4032663 | Process for using cell wall-lysing enzymes Complex enzymes which can lyse the cell wall of a variety of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, yeast, Basidiomycetes and chlorella are produced and recovered from cultivation of Pellicularia sasakii or Pellicularia filamentosa.... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4030980 | Apparatus and method for identification of selected clinical yeast An apparatus for the identification of a number of the most frequently isolated medical yeasts employing a single tube and a multi-cavity plate. The tube contains sterile, liquid media to test for germ-tube production. The plate is composed of eleven, ind... | 06/21/1977 |
| 4028183 | Process of preparing double salts of S-adenosyl-L-methionine Double salts of S-adenosyl-L-methionine are prepared by the action of the enzyme ATP-methionine-adenosyltransferase on a mixture of adenosine triphosphate and methionine and subsequently precipitating said double salts with picrolonic acid, p-toluenesulph... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4022664 | Process for biochemical optical resolution of alpha-tocopheral Novel process for biochemical optical resolution of 2DL-racemic compound of -tocopherol ester or substances which contain the same, using culture broth, whole cell, or culture filtrate, which are obtained by cultivating microorganisms which possess... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4021303 | Method for treatment of microorganisms Microorganisms are chemically treated with alkali at a pH of 10.5 - 12.9 and a temperature of 0° - 30° C., washed with water and mechanically ruptured at a pH of 7 - 10.2.... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4021304 | Process for continuous cultivation of protein-producing microorganisms A process for continuous cultivation of microorganisms capable of producing protein while adjusting the pH of the culture broth to a constant value with ammonia, characterized in that the growth rate of the microorganisms is maintained constant by maintai... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4019962 | Apparatus for aerobic fermentation Improved apparatus for the continuous aseptic growth of single-cell protein materials, employing an aqueous ethanolic substrate fortified with nutrient elements, preferably under oxygen limited conditions. The fermentation is conducted under conditions wh... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4014742 | Production of citric acid in slack wax media Citric acid is produced by aerobically propagating a citric acid-accumulating strain of yeast of the genus Candida in an aqueous nutrient medium containing enough readily assimilable source of carbon to promote growth but insufficient to permit the accumu... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4013508 | Process for the production of 1-aspartic acid by fermentation of hydrocarbons Process for the production of 1-aspartic acid by fermentation of hydrocarbons, wherein the fermentation is obtained by contemporaneous or subsequent inoculation of the culture medium with microorganisms of the type Candida Hydrocarbofumarica and Bacillus ... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4013512 | Method for adsorption and elution of lipid hydrolyzing enzymes A lipid hydrolyzing enzyme-containing substance is brought into contact with an insoluble carrier having a hydrophobic organic compound attached thereto in the form of a hydrophobic residue so that the lipid hydrolyzing enzyme is adsorbed by the hydrophob... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4010078 | Device for use in the identification of microorganisms A device for use in the identification of microorganisms comprising, in a preferred form, an open-topped, multi-compartmented microorganism culture media receiving portion and a cover member. Each compartment, or well, of the culture media receiving porti... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4009078 | Detecting the presence of microorganisms The presence of microorganisms in a sample is determined by culturing microorganisms in a growth medium which is in contact with a measuring electrode and a reference electrode and detecting a change in potential between the electrodes caused by the prese... | 02/22/1977 |
| 4007088 | Process of manufacturing native microbial protein with a low content of nucleic acids The invention relates to a process of manufacturing native microbial protein with a low content of nucleic acids, the product being useful as food or feed. The products obtained by the process of the invention may be widely used in the food industry, espe... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3991215 | Manufacture of yeast protein isolate having a reduced nucleic acid content by a thermal process This application involves a process of reducing nucleic acid (RNA) in yeast products by heating the protein containing portion of the yeast to over 100° C. for 10 seconds to 60 minutes at a pH of about 6 to about 8. A novel yeast cell wall low RNA protei... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3988205 | Optically active cyclohexane derivatives A process for fermentatively hydrogenating and reducing ketoisophorone to produce optically active [4R,6R]-4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethyl-cyclohexanone useful as an intermediate in the production of optically active carotenoids and intermediates in the product... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3981773 | Process for the preparation of galactose and beverages based on galactose from solutions containing lactose A process for the preparation of galactose which comprises (1) the cultivation of a mutant, non-pathogenic protoprophic yeast or bacteria possessing ଲ-galactosidase activity and a gal- character on a media containing lactose, e.g., lactos... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3979522 | Biochemical process for the synthesis of protein from cellulose and starch-containing plants A biochemical process for the synthesis of protein from cellulose and starch-containing plants, such as tubers, aroids and dioscorea, and particularly from cassava comprising grinding the plant to a meal, making an aqueous slurry with the meal, heating th... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3968009 | Process for reducing nucleic acid content of yeasts and bacteria Process for reducing nucleic acid content of yeasts and bacteria comprising heat shocking for a period of time and at a temperature selected to increase effectiveness of enzymes which break down nucleic acids without allowing proteins to break down or lea... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3966554 | Process for the production of a protein-vitamin concentrate by using yeasts from animal or vegetable fats and for its transformation into a product A protein-vitamin concentrate having a high proportion of dry yeast and a protein content of at least 50% and particularly rich in B-vitamins, is produced by cultivating yeast in a culture medium containing animal or vegetable fat as a source of carbon, a... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3966553 | Process for producing citric acid by fermentation Process for manufacturing citric acid by aerobic culture of yeast strains in a medium containing at least one n-paraffin, comprising adding to the culture medium, after the phase of exponential growth thereof, a nitrogenous heterocyclic organic compound s... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3962034 | Method for producing S-adenosylmethionine or methylthioadenosine by yeast S-adenosylmethionine and methylthioadenosine are produced in the culture medium of yeast grown in a media containing L-methionine.... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3960658 | Multi-media petri dish A disposable article of manufacture is provided which comprises a Petri-type dish which is divided into separate compartments containing culture media adapted for the rapid identification of uropathogenic bacteria and colony count determination.... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3954561 | Process for producing microorganisms from ethylene The invention is an improvement in the prior art processes for producing a microorganism using ethylene as a carbon source. The improvement comprises: 1. hydrating ethylene by contacting ethylene and water, both being in the vapor phase, with a supported ... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3939279 | Feed and method of aquianimals cultivation A feed comprising a culture product of strains of marine or halophilic yeasts in which the COD rising index of the strain is not more than 150 and the RNA excretion rate is not more than 20% in a medium containing waste molasses and an inorganic nitrogen ... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3933590 | Method of continuously culturing yeast Yeast is continuously cultured in a vapor condensate by adding a neutralizing agent and nutritive agents to the vapor condensate produced from the evaporation of spent sulfite liquor; inoculating said vapor condensate with Candida, Pichia or Hansenula yea... | 01/20/1976 |
