Patents by Inventor Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar

Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • PROCESSES FOR REDUCING LACTIC ACID IN A BIOFUEL FERMENTATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240035051
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing and/or preventing an increase in lactic acid levels in a fermentation product production process, such as especially ethanol production, wherein a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) or an enzyme composition comprising an LPMO is added before or during saccharification and/or fermentation, or before or during propagation, to reduce and/or prevent an increase in lactic acid levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar, Victor Gabriel Guadalupe Medina, Xin Li, Kelly Cristina Leite Mulder, Angela Shows
  • Processes for producing a fermentation product
    Patent number: 11795481
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing and/or preventing an increase in lactic acid levels in a fermentation product production process, such as especially ethanol production, wherein a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) or an enzyme composition comprising an LPMO is added before or during saccharification and/or fermentation, or before or during propagation, to reduce and/or prevent an increase in lactic acid levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar, Victor Gabriel Guadalupe Medina, Xin Li, Kelly Cristina Leite Mulder, Angela Shows
  • PROCESSES FOR REDUCING LACTIC ACID IN A BIOFUEL FERMENTATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220267811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing and/or preventing an increase in lactic acid levels in a fermentation product production process, such as especially ethanol production, wherein a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) or an enzyme composition comprising an LPMO is added before or during saccharification and/or fermentation, or before or during propagation, to reduce and/or prevent an increase in lactic acid levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar, Victor Gabriel Guadalupe Medina, Xin Li, Kelly Cristina Leite Mulder, Angela Shows
  • Processes for producing a fermentation product
    Patent number: 11326187
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing and/or preventing an increase in lactic acid levels in a fermentation product production process, such as especially ethanol production, wherein a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) or an enzyme composition comprising an LPMO is added before or during saccharification and/or fermentation, or before or during propagation, to reduce and/or prevent an increase in lactic acid levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar, Victor Gabriel Guadalupe Medina, Xin Li, Kelly Cristina Leite Mulder, Angela Shows
  • PROCESSES FOR ENHANCING YEAST GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY
    Publication number: 20210198618
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for enhancing yeast growth and/or productivity using peroxidase or a composition comprising peroxidase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Angela Shows, Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar
  • PROCESSES FOR REDUCING LACTIC ACID IN A BIOFUEL FERMENTATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210189436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reducing and/or preventing an increase in lactic acid levels in a fermentation product production process, such as especially ethanol production, wherein a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO) or an enzyme composition comprising an LPMO is added before or during saccharification and/or fermentation, or before or during propagation, to reduce and/or prevent an increase in lactic acid levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar, Victor Gabriel Guadalupe Medina, Xin Li, Kelly Cristina Leite Mulder, Angela Shows
  • CELLULOLYTIC ENZYME COMPOSITIONS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170342391
    Abstract: The present invention relates enzyme composition comprising a cellulolytic preparation and an acetylxylan esterase (AXE); and the used of cellulolytic enzyme compositions for hydrolyzing acetylated cellulosic material. Finally the invention also relates to processes of producing fermentation products from acetylated cellulosic materials using a cellulolytic enzyme composition of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Prashant Iyer, Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar, James Croonenberghs, Thomas P. Binder
  • Methods of Saccharifying Sugar Cane Trash
    Publication number: 20130260423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of saccharifying the trash (leaf) fraction of sugar cane using enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicants: NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC., NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Benjamin Knudsen, Armindo Ribeiro Gaspar