Patents by Inventor Arthur A. Andreasen

Arthur A. Andreasen 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).

  • Production of glucoamylase for conversion of grain mashes in the production of grain spirits
    Patent number: 3988204
    Abstract: Grain alcohol is produced from a mash of high cereal grain content by cooking a dispersion of cereal grains in water at a temperature of about 300.degree. to 350.degree. F under a pressure of about 50-120 psig, converting the cooked mash with a glucoamylase ferment produced by A. awamori NRRL 3112 and fermenting the converted mash with yeast to produce grain alcohol. The glucoamylase ferment is preferably produced by propagation of A. awamori NRRL 3112 on a mash of cereal grains dispersed in water which has been cooked at the same pressure and temperature used for cooking of the mash when producing grain alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1974
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1976
    Assignee: Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur A. Andreasen, Albert J. Bronsky, Wendell L. Bruce