Patents Examined by M. E. Mosher
  • Patent number: 5206157
    Abstract: N-substituted dialkanolamine may be converted to N-substituted-2-morpholone by the action of Gluconobacter oxydan ATCC #621 or Gluconobacter roseus IAM 1841.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Texaco Inc.
    Inventor: Kechia J. Chou
  • Patent number: 5089406
    Abstract: This invention relates to processes for the microbial production of peptide oligomers, to polypeptide products resulting from application of any of these processes, and to microbes for use in such production. Another aspect of this invention relates to processes for genetically engineering such microbes and to plasmid vectors for use in such engineering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Jon I. Williams, Anthony J. Salerno, Ina Goldberg, William T. McAllister
  • Patent number: 5036005
    Abstract: Fuel grade ethanol is produced in continuous process employing fermentation, solvent extraction of the ethanol, extractive distillation of the ethanol-solvent extract to provide water fraction and vacuum stripping for separation of the fuel-grade ethanol and regenerated solvent.The solvent is recycled. An isoparaffin is used as a solvent and this solvent can be modified with a long chain fatty acid, alcohol or fatty alcohol or long-chain esters. Alternatively, many modifiers may be used neat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel W. Tedder
  • Patent number: 5030240
    Abstract: An enzymatic perhydrolysis system, useful for bleaching, has a novel enzyme, a substrate, and a source of hydrogen peroxide, and provides in situ formation of peracid in aqueous solution. The substrate is selected for enzyme catalyzed reaction, and preferably is an acylglycerol with two or three fatty acid chains. The enzyme is hydrolytically and perhydrolytically active even in the presence of anionic surfactants, has lipase activity, and is isolatable from Pseudomonas putida ATCC 53552.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Richard J. Wiersema, Anna G. Stanislowski, Gregory L. Gray, Ayrookaram J. Poulose, Scott D. Power