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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8058033 | Glucoamylase variants with altered properties The present disclosure relates to variants of a parent glucoamylase having altered properties (e.g., improved thermostability and/or specific activity). In particular, the present disclosure provides compositions comprising the variant glucoamylases, including starc... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7998709 | Process of producing a starch hydrolysate 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. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7981639 | Starch-derived products A method for producing a monosaccharide-rich syrup from starch-containing produce. The method includes treating a starch-containing produce slurry with a first starch hydrolyzing enzyme that hydrolyzes starch to oligosaccharide and a second starch hydrolyzing enzyme... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7919281 | Glucoamylase variants The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity using saccharide substrates. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7883872 | Construction of highly efficient cellulase compositions for enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose This invention provides novel enzyme compositions using newly identified and isolated C. lucknowense enzymes, including CBH Ib CBH IIb, EG II, EG VI, β-glucosidase, and xylanase II in conjunction with previously identified enzymes CBH Ia, CBH IIa (previously... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7871800 | Polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides preferably derived from a strain of Peniphora rufomarginata. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7723079 | glucoamylase and homologs thereof The present invention is related to glucoamylases having at least 80% sequence identity to a Trichoderma glucoamylase having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and biologically functional fragments thereof. The invention is also related to DNA sequences coding for ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7413879 | glucoamylase and homologs thereof The present invention is related to glucoamylases having at least 80% sequence identity to a Trichoderma glucoamylase having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 and biologically functional fragments thereof. The invention is also related to DNA sequences coding for ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7371546 | Glucoamylase variants The invention relates to a variant of a parental fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity using saccharide substrates. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7354753 | Glucoamylase variants The invention relates to a variant of a parent fungal glucoamylase, which exhibits altered properties, in particular improved thermal stability and/or increased specific activity. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354752 | Acid-stable alpha amylases having granular starch hydrolyzing activity and enzyme compositions The present invention relates to an acid-stable alpha amylase (asAA) derived from a strain of Aspergillus kawachi, which has granular starch hydrolyzing (GSH) activity, the heterologous expression of the asAA having GSH activity in filamentous fungal host cel... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7332319 | Heterologous alpha amylase expression in The present invention relates to the co-expression and production of a heterologous alpha amylase and an endogenous glucoamylase in an Aspergillus strain and enzyme compositions including the same. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326548 | Polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to polypeptides having glucoamylase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for p... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311832 | Adsorption membranes, method of producing same and equipment, including the adsorption membranes The present invention relates to adsorption membranes comprising microporous polymer membranes in which adsorbent particles are incorporated. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of producing the inventive adsorption membranes as well as devices wh... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303899 | Expression of granular starch hydrolyzing enzymes in and process for producing glucose from granular starch substrates The present invention relates to filamentous fungal host cells and particularly Trichoderma host cells useful for the production of heterologous granular starch hydrolyzing enzymes having glucoamylase activity (GSHE). Further the invention relates to a method... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7226760 | Method for preparing a fluid absorber Disclosed are a fluid absorber, a method for preparing a fluid absorber, and a method for absorbing fluid from the skin. The disclosed method for preparing a fluid absorber generally comprises the steps of selecting a starch and an enzyme for hydrolysis of the starc... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223342 | Adsorption membranes, method of producing same and equipment, including the adsorption membranes The present invention relates to adsorption membranes, comprising microporous polymer membranes into which are incorporated porous silicon dioxide particles modified with hydrocarbon ligands having 2 to 24 carbon atoms as adsorbent particles. Furthermore, the presen... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7144716 | Recovery method for immobilized biocatalysts Processes for the production of a product by the enzymatic treatment of a soluble or particulate substrate with a particulate, immobilized enzyme, by treating a process liquor containing the substrate in a bioreactor to produce a slurry of effluent immobilized enzym... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140201 | Method for producing silica particles A hydrous silica gel is dehydrated by freezing, thawing, and removing water separated by thawing, thereby yielding silica particles. In addition, the silica particles thus formed is washed and fired, thereby producing a synthetic quartz glass power. A water g... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7087746 | Functionalised maltosyl fluoride as glycosyl donor in the chemo-enzymatic preparation of ratio of oligo-or polysaccharides Disaccharides of formula (I) are derived from a-maltosyl fluoride, wherein R1 and R2 are defined. Such disaccharides are useful as glycosyl donors in transglycosylation reactions catalyzed by glycoside-hydrolazes or in transfer reactions cataly... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7060468 | Thermostable glucoamylase The invention relates to starch conversion processes using glucoamylases derived from Talaromyces emersonii and related glucoamylases. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7037537 | Efficient process of obtaining high contents of bound-phenolic acid rich dietary fibre by activating in situ amylases through step-wise increase in temperature A fast, effective, and economical process of obtaining high contents of bound-phenolic acid rich dietary fibre from cereal malts in time duration ranging between 36–48 hours by step-wise increase in temperature by about 8–12° C. for every 10–14 hours of incub... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7018805 | α-Amylase assay and uses thereof This invention relates to methods and kits for measuring α-amylase activity in grain and plant products such as flour or stock. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6962809 | Sugar chain synthesizer A sugar chain synthesizer comprising one or more reaction columns packed with immobilized glycosyltransferase and/or glycosidase; one or more separation means, arranged downstream from the reaction columns, for separating reaction products, unreaction products and b... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6946148 | Method for absorbing fluid Disclosed are a fluid absorber, a method for preparing a fluid absorber, and a method for absorbing fluid from the skin. The disclosed method for preparing a fluid absorber generally comprises the steps of selecting a starch and an enzyme for hydrolysis of the starc... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6846656 | Process for producing N-acetylneuraminic acid The present invention provides a process for economically producing N-acetylneuraminic acid without using expensive materials such as pyruvic acid and phosphoenolpyruvic acid. The process comprises: allowing (i) a culture of a microorganism having N-acetylneuraminic... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6825013 | Isolation of biosynthesis genes for pseudo-oligosaccharides from Streptomyces glaucescens GLA.O, and their use The invention relates to a recombinant DNA molecule which comprises genes for biosynthesizing acarbose and homologous pseudo-oligosaccharides; to oligonucleotide primers for the PCR amplification of the molecule; to proteins which can be obtained by expressing the g... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6607901 | Alkaline alpha-galactosidase An enzyme isolated from an organism that metabolizes alpha-galactosyl containing saccharides, comprising an alpha-galactosidase (E.C. 3.2.1.22, alpha-D-galactoside galatohydrolase) with optimal activity in the neutral to alkaline pH range, and which hydro... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6346400 | Process for the preparation of a maltose-rich syrup The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a maltose-rich syrup comprising the steps of (a) carrying out liquefaction of a starch milk; (b) carrying out saccharification of the liquefied starch milk in the presence of a ଲ-amyl... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6329182 | Method of producing oligosaccharide syrups, a system for producing the same and oligosaccharide syrups The present invention relates to a method of producing oligosaccharide syrups, in particular to the production of syrups having a high concentration of saccharides with a degree of polymerization of at least 2, comprising the steps of: enzymatic reaction ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6303346 | Method of producing saccharide preparations The present invention relates to a method for the production of saccharide preparations, i.e., syrups, by saccharifying a liquefied starch solution, which method comprises a saccharification step during which step one or more enzymatic saccharification st... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6284498 | Method of manufacturing a maltose-rich syrup The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a maltose-rich syrup, comprising the successive stages consisting of: (a) carrying out a liquefaction of a starch milk; (b) carrying out a saccharification of the liquefied starch milk in the presence of a mal... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6255084 | Thermostable glucoamylase The invention relates to an isolated thermostable glucoamylase derived from Talaromyces emersonii suitable for starch conversion processes.... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6221639 | Process for preparing optically pure(S)-3,4-dihydroxybutyric acid derivatives The present invention relates to a process for preparing optically pure (S)-3,4-dihydroxybutyric acid derivatives expressed by the following Formula 1 and more particularly, to a process that enables preparing optically pure (S)-3,4-dihydroxybutyric acid ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6156543 | Method for preparing surface-active agents Process for preparing surfactant, which comprises contacting cane trash, maize by-products, sorghum by-products, barley by-products, rice by-products, fruits, chicory pulp, tubers or cynara for at least 5 seconds with a hydrolysing agent selected from an ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6136571 | Method of producing saccharide preparations The present invention relates to a method for the production of saccharide preparations, i.e., syrups, by saccharifying a liquefied starch solution, which method comprises a saccharification step during which step one or more enzymatic saccharification st... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6129788 | Method of producing saccharide preparations The present invention relates to a method for the production of saccharide preparations, i.e., syrups, by saccharifying a liquefied starch solution, which method comprises a saccharification step during which step one or more enzymatic saccharification st... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6126754 | Process for the manufacture of a starch hydrolysate with high dextrose content The invention concerns a process for the manufacture of a starch hydrolysate with high dextrose content comprising the stages of: (a) liquefying starch milk with the aid of an -amylase so as to obtain a liquefied starch milk; (b) saccharifying the lique... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6100073 | Acid-stable and thermo-stable enzymes derived from sulfolobus species Novel acid-stable and thermo-stable enzymes having -1,4 hydrolytic activity and a -1,6 hydrolytic activity which are derived from strains of the genus Sulfolobus. These enzymes are capable of expressing high levels of -1,4 hydrolytic ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6096524 | Chemically derived maltodextrins High solids maltodextrin syrups, some of which are useful as the base for remoistenable adhesives, are prepared by a high solids alpha amylase enzyme conversion process. They are characterized by their high solids content (at least 55 wt. %) and light col... | 08/01/2000 |
