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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7273741 | Copper tolerant yeast and pectinases produced by the yeast The object of the present invention is to provide a yeast which is tolerant to copper and which can incorporate copper at a high concentration, and also a method of removing or recovering copper from extracellular solution. The present invention is copper-tolerant y... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7242063 | Symmetric non-intrusive and covert technique to render a transistor permanently non-operable A technique for and structures for camouflaging an integrated circuit structure. The technique including forming active areas of a first conductivity type and LDD regions of a second conductivity type resulting in a transistor that is always non-operational when sta... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7217857 | Isoforms of starch branching enzyme II (SBE-IIA and SBE-IIB) from wheat A class of wheat SBEII genes, called SBEII-1, can be used to influence properties of starch produced by a plant, including the gelatinization temperature of the starch. Such a starch is useful, for example, in certain industrial applications for the preparation or p... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7138035 | Process for the selective modification of carbohydrates by peroxidase catalyzed oxidation The present invention relates to an environmentally friendly process for the selective oxidation of carbohydrates. The process comprises the addition of a hydroperoxide, including hydrogen peroxide, to a carbohydrate having primary alcohol groups, particularly inclu... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128921 | Dermatophagoides proteins and fragments thereof The present invention relates to high molecular weight Dermatophagoides proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins, and therapeutic and diagnostic reagents derived from such proteins. ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7001469 | Procedure for separating starch from comminutates of plant materials A process of producing starch from plant material is provided which involves adding extraneous protein to the plant material. This produces a network of protein. The starch is isolated from the protein network/plant material mixture. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6627429 | Process for enzymatically modifying pectin A process for treating a pectin with a pectin methyl esterase (PME) is descibed. Here, the PME is not a plant PME--but the PME is capable of exhibiting at least one plant PME property; wherein the at least one plant PME property comprises at least block--... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6623750 | Enzyme composition adapted for application to ruminant feed to increase protein digestability thereof and method of treating ruminant feeds relating thereto Enzyme feed supplements containing fungal cellulase produced by Trichoderma viride are specially adapted for increasing protein digestability of dairy cow and cattle feed. Preferred embodiments of the present invention include enzyme formulations adapted ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6566125 | Use of enzymes to reduce steep time and SO2 requirements in a maize wet-milling process A method for obtaining starch from maize involving soaking maize kernels in water to produce soaked maize kernels, grinding the soaked maize kernels to produce a ground maize slurry, and incubating the ground maize slurry with enzyme (e.g., protease).... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6425975 | Process for concentrating soluble and colloidal substances in process waters The invention relates to a process for enhancing the concentration of the fiber derived dissolved and colloidal substances in process water that comes from mechanical pulping. According to the invention, process water is treated with enzyme preparations t... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6297037 | Oxidatively stable alpha-amylase Novel alpha-amylase mutants derived from the DNA sequences of naturally occurring or recombinant alpha-amylases are disclosed. The mutant alpha-amylases, in general, are obtained by in vitro modifications of a precursor DNA sequence encoding the naturally... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6284524 | Pectate lyases The present invention relates to microbial pectate lyases, more specifically to microbial enzymes exhibiting pectate lyase activity as their major enzymatic activity in the neutral and alkaline pH ranges, to a method of producing such an enzyme, and to me... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6232101 | Oxidase-promoted gelling of phenolic polymers A method for causing gelling or increase of viscosity of an aqueous medium containing a gellable polymeric material having substituents with phenolic hydroxy groups comprises adding an oxidase, particularly a laccase, to the aqueous medium.... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6184011 | Method of releasing solid matrix affinity adsorbed particulates A method of releasing particulates from a solid matrix is provided. The method is effected adding to the solid matrix a degrading enzyme capable of degrading the solid matrix, to thereby release the particulates from the solid matrix.... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6184028 | Polypeptides having pectin acetylesterase activity and nucleic acids encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having pectin acetylesterase activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucle... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6165769 | Pectin degrading enzymes from Bacillus licheniformis Pectin degrading enzymes derived from or endogeneous to Bacillus licheniformis or other Bacillus species which are at least 99% homologous to Bacillus licheniformis based on aligned 16S rDNA sequences have optimum activity at pH higher than 8. The pectin ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6080568 | Mutant -amylase comprising modification at residues corresponding to A210, H405 and/or T412 in Bacillus licheniformis Novel -amylase enzymes are disclosed in which one or more of residues corresponding to A210, H405 and T412 in Bacillus licheniformis are mutated. The disclosed -amylase enzymes show altered or improved stability and/or activity profiles.... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6033900 | Enzyme with rhamnogalacturonase activity Animal feed compositions and methods for treating one or more of soy, pea or rape-seed, or other material derived from Fabales or Cruciferaceae, with an enzyme having rhamnogalacturonase activity, wherein the enzyme having rhamnogalacturonase activity cle... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6008026 | Mutant -amylase having introduced therein a disulfide bond Novel -amylase enzymes are disclosed in which one or more disulfide bonds are introduced into the enzyme via addition or substitution of a residue with a cysteine. The disclosed -amylase enzymes show altered or improved stability and/or acti... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5959102 | Starch purification by thermally tolerant broad pH range proteolytic enzymes The present invention is directed to purifying starch granules from starch-bearing crops, preferably maize, which include treating starch granules with a thermally tolerant, broad pH range proteolytic enzyme that is specific for surface-associated protein... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5929231 | Method for preparing fine-granuled and modified starches The subject of the invention is a method for preparing fine-granuled starch from kernels of oats or rice. In the method, the kernels are ground and the starch is separated from the starch containing fraction obtained by the milling. An essential feature o... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5863784 | Recombinant ଲ-amylase A recombinant ଲ-amylase which is superior to the original recombinant ଲ-amylase in thermostability has been obtained by a site-directed mutagenesis with the recombinant ଲ-amylase gene coding 531 amino acid residues. Substitutions were ME... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5811291 | Enzyme with rhamnogalacturonase activity An enzyme exhibiting rhamnogalacturonase activity, capable of cleaving a rhamnogalacturonan backbone in such a manner that galacturonic acids are left as the non-reducing ends, and which exhibits activity on hairy regions from a soy bean material and/or o... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5759597 | Filling agent The use of amylopectin-type starch obtained from potato that has been modified by genetic engineering to suppress the formation of amylose-type starch as a filling agent in the preservation of food-stuff, is described.... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5731174 | Process for the saccharification of starch The invention relates to a heat-stable pullulanase having the property of hydrolysing glucoside bonds of the -1,6 type in amylopectin and having an enzymatic activity in an acid medium and at a temperature of about 60° C. The invention also relate... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5652127 | Method for liquefying starch According to the invention a method is provided for liquefying starch comprising the steps of adding a sodium composition to the starch prior to or simultaneously with liquefying the starch; adding -amylase to the treated starch; and reacting the t... | 07/29/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5573795 | Method for treatment of potato fruit water In the method for treatment of potato fruit water the potato fruit water is subjected to a heat treatment to at least 125° C. for at least 3 minutes, whereafter the heat treated potato fruit water is cooled to a temperature, at which enzymes are relative... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5370997 | Hyperthermostable alpha-amylase A hyperthermostable alpha-amylase is provided by culturing strains of Pyococcus. These enzymes are of great interest for industrial applications, for example in starch liquefaction processes. The microorganisms Pyococcus woesei or Pyococcus furiosus are c... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5364782 | Mutant microbial -amylases with increased thermal, acid and/or alkaline stability Thermostable and acid stable -amylases are provided as expression products of genetically engineered -amylase genes isolated from microorganisms, preferably belonging to the class of Bacilli. Both chemical and enzymatic mutagenesis methods a... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5322778 | Liquefaction of granular starch slurries using an antioxidant with alpha amylase The present invention relates to a process of liquefying starch wherein the liquefaction step is carried out at pH less than 6. It also relates to the use of antioxidants.... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5246718 | Starches with an improved flavor The present invention relates to a method for improving the flavor of starch by incubating the starch with an enzymatically active peptidase containing cell preparation under such conditions that enzymatic peptidolysis of a substantial amount of oligopept... | 09/21/1993 |
| 4916064 | Carbohydrate refining process and novel enzyme compositions suitable for use therein A process is provided for treating aqueous carbohydrate solutions with phospholipase enzyme compositions to improve the filterability and clarity of the filtrate of such solutions.... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4820520 | Antiseptic agent for food and drink and method of antiseptic treatment thereof Disclosed is an antiseptic agent for food and drink, which comprises, as an effective ingredient, a pectin decomposition product having a molecular weight of 600 to 5000. This antiseptic agent is very effective for improving the preservability of food and... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4686187 | Process for preparing pectin from plant tissues A process for preparing pectin, which is useful for foods and medicines or the like, by subjecting a plant tissue containing pectic substances to the action of a microorganism which belongs to the genus Endomyces, Endomycopsis, Saccharomyces, Shizosacchar... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4672034 | Oxidative enzyme-catalyzed crosslinking of beet pectins Beet pectin is crosslinked with an oxidizing system containing an oxidizing agent and an enzyme such as peroxidase that uses the oxidizing agent as a substrate. The crosslinked beet pectin is useful as a thickener or gelling agent in food, cosmetic and ph... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4617383 | Method for degumming and bleaching decorticated plant bast fiber This is a method for degumming decorticated plant bast fiber, such as ramie, flax, or hemp bast fiber, to remove pectin-containing material and coloring gums therefrom. The decorticated plant bast fiber is desirably washed with a washing solution containi... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4568739 | Method for degumming decorticated plant bast fiber A method for degumming decorticated plant bast fiber, such as ramie flax, or hemp bast fiber, to remove pectin-containing material therefrom. The decorticated plant bast fiber is washed with a washing solution containing a surface active agent to penetrat... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4481355 | Method for degumming decorticated plant bast fiber A method for degumming decorticated plant bast fiber such as ramie bast fiber, to remove pectin-containing material therefrom. The decorticated plant bast fiber is washed with a washing solution containing a surface active agent to penetrate the plant bas... | 11/06/1984 |
