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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173412 | Method of liberating bound oil present in stillage A method for processing of byproducts in an ethanol production process is provided. The method includes applying a mixture of a microorganism to a stillage stream, metabolizing gums in the stillage stream using the mixture to release oil in the gums carried by the s... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8088614 | Methods and compositions for production and purification of biofuel from plants and microalgae Methods and compositions are provided for producing purified oil from an organism, whether these organisms are wild type, selectively bred or genetically modified, and are suitable for the large scale production of an oil product. The organism may be an animal, a pl... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8076123 | Emulsification-free degumming of oil This invention relates to an oil degumming method that is free of emulsification. This method includes the steps of treating crude oil first with immobilized phospholipase and then extracting the phospholipase-treated crude oil with pure water or an aqueous solution... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7989195 | Heterotrophic algal high cell density production method and system A multiphase culturing process for high density heterotrophic microalgal growth uses crude glycerol as the primary carbon source and produces ω-3 fatty acids. The process uses multiphase growth conditions that decouple the phases of increasing cell density and incr... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7226771 | Phospholipases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them The invention provides novel polypeptides having phospholipase activity, including, e.g., phospholipase A, B, C and D activity, patatin activity, lipid acyl hydrolase (LAH) activity, nucleic acids encoding them and antibodies that bind to them. Industrial methods, e... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7045340 | Bacterial composition, method and installation for the pre-treating effluents loaded with organic fatty substances A bacterial composition, a process and a facility for the pre-treatment of effluent rich in organic fats of animal or vegetable origin. The bacterial composition principally is the bacterial strain Klebsiella oxytoca. The process consists of supplying a homog... | 05/16/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6685975 | Process for recovering bone and oil from animal byproducts A processing method used for separating bone and oil from marine byproducts in the preparation of an endproduct. The byproducts are ground and then warmed to a relatively low temperature of approximately 70 deg.C. or less. The warmed material is passed to... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6607725 | Conjugate vaccine for nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae A conjugate vaccine for Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae comprising lipooligosaccharide from which esterified fatty acids have been removed conjugated to an immunogenic carrier. The vaccine is useful for prevention of otitis media and respiratory infect... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6586201 | Method of chromatographic isolation for non-glyceride components A method of chromatographic isolation for non-glyceride components (squalenes, carotenes, vitamin E, sterols and/or the like) from a non-glyceride components-comprising compound by the steps of a. introducing the non-glyceride components-comprising compound on... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6566124 | Processes for synthesis and purification of nondigestible fats A process for removing digestible fat from a crude reaction mixture comprising nondigestible fat and at least one digestible fat selected from the group consisting of digestible fats having fatty acid chains, comprising the steps of: (1) treating the crud... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6399138 | Sterol concentrates its application and preparation The invention concerns concentrates of shea sterols in glycerides with more than 12.5 wt % shea sterols, the preparation thereof by enzymic hydrolysis of glycerides in shea oils or fractions thereof and the application of the concentrates in aerated food ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6316247 | System and method for refining liposuctioned adipose tissue A device and method for producing refined adipose tissue for use in autologous adipose transplantation or research wherein a sterile environment is maintained. More particularly, a system for refining tissue comprising a first flexible container, a second... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6159523 | Composition based on fish oil Fish oil concentrates, having: ࣙ40% of long chain poly unsaturated fatty acids | 12/12/2000 |
| 6103516 | Biochemical method for extracting oils from seeds and caryopsides of oleaginous plants A method for extracting vegetable oils from oleaginous plants in which the solid parts of the plants, which contain oils embedded in macromolecular polysaccharide substances typical of the integument of the plants, are subjected to an enzyme attack by mea... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6020020 | Composition based on fish oil Fish oil concentrates, having: ࣘ40% of long chain poly unsaturated fatty acids | 02/01/2000 |
| 6001640 | Vegetable oil enzymatic degumming process by means of aspergillus phospholipase A degumming step in the production of edible oils is disclosed. Vegetable oils from which hydratable phosphatides have preferably been eliminated by a previous aqueous degumming process, are freed from non-hydratable phosphatides by an enzymatic treatment... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5945318 | Refining oil compositions This invention relates to a process for treating an oil composition containing saturated and unsaturated fatty acids in the form of triglycerides, with at least some of the unsaturated fatty acids being polyunsaturated, in order to obtain a refined produc... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5929212 | CD3 specific recombinant antibody The invention provides recombinant antibody molecules comprising antigen binding regions derived from the heavy and/or light chain variable regions of a donor anti-CD3 antibody, e.g. OKT3, and which have anti-CD3 binding specificity, preferably of affinit... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5897994 | Fatty acid fractionation for polyunsaturated fatty acid fraction enrichment A mixture of fatty acids rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids is esterified by enzymatic catalysis and then the reaction mixture is saponified, which provides an organic phase containing esters and an aqueous phase which contains fatty acids, the phases ar... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5821299 | Solvent extraction of polyhydroxy-alkanoates from biomass facilitated by the use of marginal nonsolvent The present invention relates to a process for separating polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) from a biomass comprising the PHA, the process comprising: a) treating the biomass with a PHA solvent and a marginal nonsolvent for PHA; b) removing any insoluble biomass... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5786207 | Tissue dissociating system and method A tissue dissociation method and system for washing and dissociating tissue and producing a cellular suspension for use in autologous, cell-based therapies or research wherein a sterile environment is maintained. More particularly, a system for dissociati... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5766928 | Method of eliminating hydrocarbons contaminating a region subjected to extreme temperatures The present invention relates to a method of removing contaminating hydrocarbons from regions which are subjected to extreme temperatures. The temperatures are generally outside the range of optimum growth of hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms. The meth... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5573948 | Method and plant for processing of potatoes and use of a potato processing plant The method for processing of potatoes is characterized by the fact that the method is carried out in a potato processing plant, which comprises an oil separator, heating equipment and at least one enzyme reactor and which is modified in such a manner that... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5532163 | Process for refining oil and fat This invention provides processes for the refining of oil and fat by which phospholipids in the oil and fat to be treated can be decomposed and removed efficiently. Particularly, it provides a process for the refining of oil and fat which comprises reacti... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5432083 | Enzymatic method for removing oxygen from oils and fats The present invention is directed to a novel method and device for removing oxygen from oils. The oils may be in liquid form, such as vegetables oils, etc., in solid form, such as fats, etc. or in some type of intermediate semi-solid form. By removing oxy... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5372945 | Device and method for collecting and processing fat tissue and procuring microvessel endothelial cells to produce endothelial cell product Methods and apparatus for collecting and processing tissue to produce an endothelial cell product having a vessel for rinsing, draining, digesting and isolating tissue. The vessel has a rinsing and digesting chamber for containing tissue during processing... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5286633 | Enzymatic triglyceride conversion The invention is concerned with enzymic triglyceride conversions, wherein more than one enzymic conversion zone and preferably the same number of deacidifications units are applied. The fresh triglyceride feed stock and the compound providing fresh fatty ... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5264367 | Enzymatic treatment of edible oils The content of phosphorus-containing components and the iron content of an edible vegetable or animal oil, preferably an oil such as soybean oil which has been wet-refined to remove mucilage, are reduced by enzymatic decomposition by contacting the oil wi... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5227300 | Identification, characterization and method of production of a novel microbial lipase A novel lipase from a newly-discovered strain of Pseudomonas alcaligenes microorganism having (i) an optimum pH for activity of about 10&#b1;0.5; (ii) an optimum temperature for activity of about 45° to 55° C.; (iii) an optimum pH for stability of about... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5168060 | Identification, characterization, and method of production of a novel microbial lipase A novel lipase from a newly-discovered strain of Pseudomonas alcaligenes microorganism having (i) an optimum pH for activity of about 10&#b1;0.5; (ii) an optimum temperature for activity of about 45° to 55° C.; (iii) an optimum pH for stability of about... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5100787 | Method for preparing highly purified phosphatidylinositol A method for preparing highly purified phosphatidylinositol comprises the steps of treating a mixed phospholipid with a phospholipase D, then treating the product with an alkali or acidic phosphatase and separating unreated phosphatidylinositol from the r... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5063160 | Identification, characterization, and method of production of a novel microbial lipase A novel lipase from a newly-discovered strain of Pseudomonas alcaligenes microorganism having (i) an optimum pH for activity of about 10&#b1;0.5; (ii) an optimum temperature for activity of about 45° to 55° C.; (iii) an optimum pH for stability of about... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5015385 | Process for promotion of microbial consumption of waste water fats The composition of stable microbial mixed biocenoses can be controlled by the addition of growth factors and/or inhibitory substances, optionally together with certain nutrients. It is possible in this manner to suppress, e.g. the undesirable formation of... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4988443 | Bioreactor process for continuous removal of organic toxicants and other oleophilc solutes from an aqueous process stream A hollow fiber membrane bioreactor process for continuous selective removal of organic toxicants or other oleophilic solutes present in an aqueous process stream wherein low concentration levels of said toxicant are removed from the aqueous process stream... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4985358 | Method for processing glyceride fats and oils A method for processing glyceride fats and oils which comprises the steps of subjecting a mixture of a glyceride fat or oil and a monohydric alcohol fatty acid ester to an enzymatic ester interchange reaction; distilling the reaction mixture of the ester ... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4977091 | Method for preparing phosphatidylinositol from vegetable matter A method for preparing phosphatidylinositol from a vegetable matter comprises homogenization thereof in a water-salt solution with a molar concentration of from 0.005 to 1 M at a pH within the range of from 5.0 to 11.0. The homogenizate is centrifugated a... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4956286 | Process for the preparation of esters The invention provides a process for preparing an ester from an alcohol and fatty acid (glyceride) by enzyme-catalyzed conversion, in which a fatty acid (glyceride) and alcohol are contacted with lipase and the alcohol is added at such a rate that the alc... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4921633 | Method of heterogeneous reaction A method of heterogeneous reaction is described, comprising reacting a water-soluble component and an oil-soluble component dispersed in the water-soluble component or an aqueous medium containing the same. This dispersion is attained by passing the oil-s... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4910145 | Separation process An aqueous suspension of micro-organism cells containing a 3-hydroxybutyrate polymer are subjected to a proteolytic enzyme digestion and/or a surfactant digestion in order to solubilise cell material other than the 3-hydroxybutyrate polymer. Prior to, or ... | 03/20/1990 |
