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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137955 | Method for heat recovery from pre-treated biomass According to one embodiment, a method for heat treatment of a biomass includes allowing biomass in a pretreatment reactor to undergo a pre-treatment reaction process. The pre-treatment reaction process yields pretreated biomass along with soluble components. A first... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7985577 | Systems and processes for treatment of organic waste materials with a biomixer Waste material is screened to produce unders and overs, the overs are treated to produce a partially hydrolyzed biomass, and the partially hydrolyzed biomass and the unders are anaerobically digested. Treating the overs includes fermenting and mixing the overs with ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7858362 | Method of using endophytic fungi to decontaminate and decompose human and animal wastes A method of treating human and/or animal waste products comprising contacting the waste products with an effective amount of Fusarium culmorum and Muscodor albus, together with a buffering agent and starch. The treatment process covered by the present ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7713727 | Process for improving enzymatic degumming of vegetable oils and reducing fouling of downstream processing equipment A process controls enzymatic degumming characteristics which cause fouling of post-reactor equipment of industrial scale processing of edible oils. An anti-fouling agent including an organic or mineral acid is added after the reactor and before any post-reactor equi... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7582467 | Method and apparatus for processing organic material A method and an apparatus for processing organic material, the method employing at least two reactors and including the steps of combining carbon dioxide or carbon-dioxide containing gas and ammonia or ammonia-containing material in a first reactor to form a buffer ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7514254 | Plant-derived alkaline alpha-galactosidase There are provided novel plant-derived enzymes for hydrolysis of sugars and particularly an alkaline alpha-galactosidase which hydrolyzes a broad spectrum of galactosyl-saccharides such as melibiose, raffinose and stachyose and guar gum, at neutral to alkaline pH co... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7416880 | genus microorganism and the method for controlling the soil pests using the same The present invention relates to a novel fungus of Metarhizium genus and a method for controlling soil pests using the same, more particularly to a novel Metarhizium anisopliae HY-2 and a microbial insecticide comprising the same and a method for contr... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7399622 | Process for the extraction of β-amylase The invention relates to a process for extracting beta-amylase from cereal by means of cellulase. The invention further relates to the use of cellulase in the extraction of β-amylase. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396670 | Asparaginases and method of preparing a heat-treated product The formation of acrylamide during heat treatment in the production of a food product is reduced by treating the raw material with an enzyme before the heat treatment. The enzyme is capable of reacting on asparagine or glutamine (optionally substituted) as a substra... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7371556 | Microorganism The present invention relates to a novel hyperthermophile, in particular, to a hyperthermophile belonging to a novel genus isolated from compost by fermenting organic wastes at a temperature of 85° C. or more which is capable of growing at 80° C. or more (Caldo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354993 | Insecticidal polypeptides and methods of use thereof The invention relates to isolated insecticidal polypeptides expressed in the venom gland of spiders of the genera Atrax and Hadronyche have been described. Methods of treating insects, insect larvae, and plants with the insecticidal polypeptides are al... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7326689 | Pseudomycins useful against plant diseases Plants and crops subject to attack by fungal related diseases are protected or treated by the application of Pseudomycin compositions which were originally isolated from Pseudomonas syringae. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323326 | Cellulases, the genes encoding them and uses thereof Genes encoding novel cellulases, and a gene encoding a protein that facilitates the action of such novel cellulases, the novel cellulases and a protein that facilitates the action of such cellulases, and enzyme preparations containing such proteins are described. Th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316921 | Organic waste material treatment system A multi-stage process and system for treating organic waste materials includes steps of hydrolyzing the materials in an anaerobic vessel, transferring the liquid product of hydrolysis to an anaerobic digester, and further decomposing the waste materials under aerobi... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7294498 | Glycosidase enzymes A thermostable glycosidase enzymes derived from various Thermococcus, Staphylothermus and Pyrococcus organisms is disclosed. The enzymes are produced from native or recombinant host cells and can be utilized in the food processing industry, pharmaceuti... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7273748 | Cellulases, the genes encoding them and uses thereof Genes encoding novel cellulases, and a gene encoding a protein that facilitates the action of such novel cellulases, the novel cellulases and a protein that facilitates the action of such cellulases, and enzyme preparations containing such proteins are described. Th... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273745 | Pectate lyases The present invention relates to pectate lyases comprising the amino acid sequence Asn Leu Asn Ser Arg Val Pro (NLNSRVP) (amino acids 236-242 of SEQ ID NO: 2) belonging to Family 1 of polysaccharide lyases have good performance in industrial processes under neutral ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267818 | Method for killing spores A method for killing or inactivating spores, by contacting the spores with a haloperoxidase, a source of hydrogen peroxide and a source of iodide ions. The spores may additionally be contacted with a haloperoxidase enhancing agent. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7256030 | Family 9 endo-β-1,4-glucanases An enzyme exhibiting endo-β-1,4-glucanase activity which belongs to family 9 of glycosyl hydrolases is obtainable from or endogeneous to a strain belonging to the genus Bacillus such as Bacillus licheniformis, ATCC 14580; an isolated polynucleotide (DNA) mol... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241934 | Amino polyol amine oxidase polynucleotides and related polypeptides and methods of use The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the enzyme APAO isolated from Exophiala spinifera and Rhinocladiella atrovirens. The polynucleotides may be mutated to remove glycosylation sites and cysteine residues. Addition... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226773 | Endoglucanases The present invention relates to enzyme preparations consisting essentially of an enzyme which has cellulytic activity and comprises a first amino acid sequence having the following sequence | 06/05/2007 |
| 7201847 | Wastewater treatment method utilizing white rot and brown rot fungi A method of treating wastewater sources such as sewer systems or those from pulp and paper mills which contain biomass waste involves adding white rot fungi in the presence of glucose. While glucose may be directly added to the wastewater source, it has been found t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7192754 | -origin ecdysteroid 22-oxidase and molt hormone inactivation system with the use of the same A material and a system are provided that efficiently inactivate a molting hormone by means of a protein having ecdysteroid 22-oxidase activity. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7160714 | Vegetable fiber-digesting agent and method of processing vegetable waste by using the same It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for decomposing vegetable waste materials easily, which solves problems such as the problem of treatment costs, the problem of energy, an environmental problem and the problem of time for treatment which ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150988 | Controlling proteolytic action in natural rubber latex A method for controlling proteolytic action in manufacturing enzyme-treated natural rubber latex and products made therefrom. The method involves adding a protease inhibitor such that hydrolysis by protease enzymes is stopped. A preferred inhibitor is a low molecula... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144722 | Pectate lyases The present invention relates to pectate lyases comprising the amino acid sequence Asn Leu Asn Ser Arg Val Pro (NLNSRVP) (amino acids 236–242 of SEQ ID NO: 2) belonging to Family 1 of polysaccharide lyases have good performance in industrial processes under... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141411 | Decaffeinating microorganism and process of bio-decaffeination of caffeine containing solutions The present invention relates to a simple, safe, and efficient process for the complete bio-decaffeination of caffeine-containing solutions using fungus Pseudomonas alcaligenes CFR 1708, a method of isolating pseudomonas alcaligenes CFR 1708 useful for... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7109322 | Process for the depletion or removal of endotoxins A process for the depletion or removal of endotoxins from preparations containing active ingredients designated for therapeutical use which are obtained from natural sources by genetic engineering and/or biotechnology by treatment with chromatographic material where... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7078209 | CAK inhibitors and uses thereof The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of CAK, compositions thereof. The present invention also relates to methods using the compositions for treating CAK-mediated diseases, such as fungal infections. ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7033621 | Isoflavone compositions produced from legumes Processes for the production of isoflavones are described wherein plant material from plants of the genus leguminosae are contacted with water, an enzyme which cleaves isoflavone glycosides to the aglucone form and a C2-C10 organic solve... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6949344 | Hair analysis method A method the direct analysis of an analyte in keratinized structures, e.g., hair and fingernails, which comprises preparing a mixture containing a low redox potential activator compound such as dithiothreitol or dithioerythritol, an enzyme suitable for the digestion... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6902726 | Reduction of odor gases from waste using plant-derived oils Plant-derived oils, carvacrol and thymol, when added to human or animal waste reduce the production of gas and short-chain volatile fatty acids, and the viability of total anaerobic bacteria and fecal coliforms. In an embodiment, carvacrol or thymol are combined wit... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6887856 | Protection from ionizing irradiation or chemotherapeutic drug damage by in vivo gene therapy A method of protecting a subject against an agent that elicits production of toxic free radicals, superoxide anions, or heavy metal cations in the subject is disclosed which entails in vivo administration to the subject of a polynucleotide encoding a protein that is... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6878373 | Probiotic composition containing Bacillus cereus RRRL B-30535 A composition and method for reducing the levels of pathogenic bacteria in an aquatic environment. The composition includes isolated Bacillus cereus which are able to reduce a number of well known pathogenic bacterium from aquatic environments. The preferred ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6852523 | Strains of the Bacillus subtilis group for food fermentation The present invention pertains to novel strains of the Bacillus subtilis group capable of fermenting beans, which are essentially devoid of any iso-valeric acid production. The present invention especially relates to novel strains of Bacillus natto, in... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6770199 | Method of extracting environmental contaminants and pollutants through biomass harvestation A method for extracting contaminants and pollutants from an ecosystem. The method includes extracting from the ecosystem a quantity of animal tissue and grinding or macerating the animal tissue to form a slurry-like mixture and adding the mixture to a digestion vess... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6767723 | Method for synthesis of nucleic acids An object of the present invention is to provide a method of treatment and a method of storage that are useful in conducting a nucleic acid synthesis procedure capable of directly amplifying an intended nucleic acid in a living body-derived sample without purificati... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6759233 | Method of plasmid recovery and apparatus for doing so A process for the recovery of plasmids or other DNA from cells using a first filtration step to remove the cellular debris and other large cellular components and then an ultrafiltration step to capture the plasmids or other DNA on the surface of the ultrafiltration... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6759225 | Lysophospholipase The inventors have isolated lysophospholipases from Aspergillus (A. niger and A. oryzae) having molecular masses of about 68 kDa and amino acid sequences of 600-604 amino acid residues. The novel lysophospholipases have only a limited homology to known... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6730662 | Adenovirus E4 proteins for inducing cell death The invention features E4orf4-encoding nucleic acids, pharmaceutical compositions and expression vectors containing the same, and methods for their use. E4orf4-encoding nucleic acids include (i) nucleic acids capable of hybridizing at high stringency to the compleme... | 05/04/2004 |
