Patents by Inventor Jeremy Saunders
Jeremy Saunders 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).
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Patent number: 11155798Abstract: The invention relates to enzyme compositions comprising a glucoamylase, an alpha-amylase, and optionally a cellulolytic composition and/or a protease. The invention also relates to the use thereof in processes of producing sugars and/or fermentation products from starch-containing material by saccharifying and/or fermenting starch-containing material at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Joseph Jump, Nathaniel Kreel, Jeremy Saunders, Michael John Akerman
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Publication number: 20210189437Abstract: The invention relates to processes of producing a fermentation product, comprising liquefying a starch containing material with an alpha-amylase; pre-saccharifying and/or saccharifying and fermenting using a fermentation organism in the presence of a carbohydrate source generating enzyme and a cellulolytic composition The invention also relates to methods of dewatering whole stillage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Thomas Rasmussen, Jeremy Saunders, James Croonenberghs, Zhengfang Kang, Joyce Craig, Michael John Akerman
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Patent number: 10954533Abstract: The invention relates to processes of producing a fermentation product, comprising liquefying a starch containing material with an alpha-amylase; pre-saccharifying and/or saccharifying and fermenting using a fermentation organism in the presence of a carbohydrate source generating enzyme and a cellulolytic composition The invention also relates to methods of dewatering whole stillage.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Thomas Rasmussen, Jeremy Saunders, James Croonenberghs, Zhengfang Kang, Joyce Craig, Michael John Akerman
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Publication number: 20200055260Abstract: There is provided a sealing apparatus for forming void-fill packaging which includes a longitudinal guide path along which an edge of a part-sealed plastics film material can pass, a drive means for moving the film material along the guide path, and an air blowing or injecting means for inflating the film material. There is also provided a heating element and a rigid thermally conductive member which is thermally coupled to the heating element, the thermally conductive member having an film-contacting surface for applying thermal energy to seal the film material on the longitudinal guide path.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Mark Helmich, Daniel Walmsley, Jeremy Saunders
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Publication number: 20190390183Abstract: The invention relates to enzyme compositions comprising a glucoamylase, an alpha-amylase, and optionally a cellulolytic composition and/or a protease. The invention also relates to the use thereof in processes of producing sugars and/or fermentation products from starch-containing material by saccharifying and/or fermenting starch-containing material at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Joseph Jump, Nathaniel Kreel, Jeremy Saunders, Michael John Akerman
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Publication number: 20190323041Abstract: The invention relates to processes of producing a fermentation product, comprising liquefying a starch containing material with an alpha-amylase; pre-saccharifying and/or saccharifying and fermenting using a fermentation organism in the presence of a carbohydrate source generating enzyme and a cellulolytic composition The invention also relates to methods of dewatering whole stillage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Thomas Rasmussen, Jeremy Saunders, James Croonenberghs, Zhengfang Kang, Joyce Craig, Michael John Akerman
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Patent number: 10450551Abstract: The invention relates to enzyme compositions comprising a glucoamylase, an alpha-amylase, and optionally a cellulolytic composition and/or a protease. The invention also relates to the use thereof in processes of producing sugars and/or fermentation products from starch-containing material by saccharifying and/or fermenting starch-containing material at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Joseph Jump, Nathaniel Kreel, Jeremy Saunders, Michael John Akerman
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Patent number: 10364445Abstract: The invention relates to processes of producing a fermentation product, comprising liquefying a starch containing material with an alpha-amylase; pre-saccharifying and/or saccharifying and fermenting using a fermentation organism in the presence of a carbohydrate source generating enzyme and a cellulolytic composition The invention also relates to methods of dewatering whole stillage.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Thomas Rasmussen, Jeremy Saunders, James Croonenberghs, Zhengfang Kang, Joyce Craig, Michael John Akerman
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Patent number: 10308963Abstract: The invention relates to improved processes of producing ethanol from starch-containing material wherein saccharification and/or fermentation is done at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature in the presence of glucoamylase and alpha-amylase, and optionally a protease and/or a cellulolytic enzyme composition; wherein the fermenting organism is a Saccharomyces yeast strain providing a higher ethanol yield boost and lower glycerol production compared to ETHANOL REDâ„¢ under the same fermentation conditions. The invention also relates to Saccharomyces yeast strains and derivatives thereof, as well as compositions comprising such yeast strains, suitable for use in a process of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Microbiogen Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Jennifer Headman, Jeremy Saunders, Ryan Schron, Paul Victor Attfield, Philip John Livingstone Bell
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Publication number: 20180216139Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for enhancing yield and/or quality of by-products from fermentation processes used for producing fermentation products. The invention includes a process of fermenting starch-containing material into a fermentation product comprising a fermentation step wherein one or more enzymes are added before or during the fermentation step. More specifically, the present invention provides methods for increasing oil recovery yield from processes for producing fermentation products and further enhancing the quality of DDGS by removing fat content from DDGS that are produced as by-products in processes for producing fermentation products.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicants: NOVOZYMES A/S, NOVOZYMES NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Jeremy Saunders, Joseph M. Jump, Hans Sejr Olsen, Amanda Guichard, Nathaniel E. Kreel, Michael Akerman, Anne Glud Hjulmand
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Patent number: 10036043Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing ethanol from starch-containing material by liquefying the starch-containing material at a temperature above the initial gelatinization temperature using an alpha-amylase; saccharifying using a glucoamylase and fermenting using a Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strain deposited under Accession No. V14/004037 at National Measurement Institute, Victoria, Australia) or a fermenting organism strain having properties that are about the same as that of the deposited Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain or a derivative of Saccharomyces strain V14/004037 having the defining characteristics of strain V14/004037. The invention also relates to a Saccharomyces yeast strain deposited under the Budapest Treaty and having NMI accession no. V14/004037 or a derivative of strain V14/004037 which exhibits one or more defining characteristics of strain V14/004037.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Microbiogen Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Katie Shihadeh, Jeremy Saunders, Joyce Craig, Mark Stevens, Jennifer Headman, Bernardo Vidal, Jr., John Matthews, Suzanne Clark, Paul Victor Attfield, Phillip John Livingstone Bell, Michael Akerman
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Publication number: 20180073041Abstract: The invention relates to processes of producing a fermentation product, comprising liquefying a starch containing material with an alpha-amylase; pre-saccharifying and/or saccharifying and fermenting using a fermentation organism in the presence of a carbohydrate source generating enzyme and a cellulolytic composition The invention also relates to methods of dewatering whole stillage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Thomas Rasmussen, Jeremy Saunders, James Croonenberghs, Zhengfang Kang, Joyce Craig, Michael John Akerman
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Publication number: 20180073040Abstract: The invention relates to improved processes of producing ethanol from starch-containing material wherein saccharification and/or fermentation is done at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature in the presence of glucoamylase and alpha-amylase, and optionally a protease and/or a cellulolytic enzyme composition; wherein the fermenting organism is a Saccharomyces yeast strain providing a higher ethanol yield boost and lower glycerol production compared to ETHANOL REDâ„¢ under the same fermentation conditions. The invention also relates to Saccharomyces yeast strains and derivatives thereof, as well as compositions comprising such yeast strains, suitable for use in a process of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicants: Novozymes A/S, Microbiogen Pty. Ltd.Inventors: Jennifer Headman, Jeremy Saunders, Ryan Schron, Paul Victor Attfield, Philip John Livingstone Bell
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Patent number: 9856498Abstract: The invention relates to processes of producing a fermentation product, comprising liquefying a starch containing material with an alpha-amylase; pre-saccharifying and/or saccharifying and fermenting using a fermentation organism in the presence of a carbohydrate source generating enzyme and a cellulolytic composition The invention also relates to methods of dewatering whole stillage.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Thomas Rasmussen, Jeremy Saunders, James Croonenberghs, Zhengfang Kang, Joyce Craig, Michael John Akerman
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Publication number: 20170283834Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, from starch-containing material; wherein an acid having a pKa in the range from 3.75 to 5.75 is present or added in fermentation so that the acid concentration in fermentation is maintained between above 0 (zero) and 100 mmoles/L fermentation medium and wherein the acid is added before the exponential growth phase of the fermenting organism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Jennifer Headman, Eric Allain, Jeremy Saunders
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Publication number: 20170166934Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing ethanol from starch-containing material by liquefying the starch-containing material at a temperature above the initial gelatinization temperature using an alpha-amylase; saccharifying using a glucoamylase and fermenting using a Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strain deposited under Accession No. V14/004037 at National Measurement Institute, Victoria, Australia) or a fermenting organism strain having properties that are about the same as that of the deposited Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain or a derivative of Saccharomyces strain V14/004037 having the defining characteristics of strain V14/004037. The invention also relates to a Saccharomyces yeast strain deposited under the Budapest Treaty and having NMI accession no. V14/004037 or a derivative of strain V14/004037 which exhibits one or more defining characteristics of strain V14/004037.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Katie Shihadeh, Jeremy Saunders, Joyce Craig, Mark Stevens, Jennifer Headman, Bernardo Vidal, Jr., John Matthews, Suzanne Clark, Paul Victor Attfield, Phillip John Livingstone Bell, Michael Akerman
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Publication number: 20170145443Abstract: The invention relates to improved processes of producing ethanol from starch-containing material wherein saccharification and/or fermentation is done at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature in the presence of glucoamylase and alpha-amylase, and optionally a protease and/or a cellulolytic enzyme composition; wherein the fermenting organism is Saccharomyces cerevisiae MBG4851 (deposited under Accession No. V14/004037 at National Measurement Institute, Victoria, Australia) or a fermenting organism strain having properties that are about the same as that of Saccharomyces cerevisiae MBG4851, or a derivative of Saccharomyces strain V14/004037 having defining characteristics of strain V14/004037, and compositions comprising a Saccharomyces yeast strain of the invention and naturally occurring and/or non-naturally occurring components.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Katie Shihadeh, Jeremy Saunders, Joyce Craig, Mark Stevens, Jennifer Headman, Paul Victor Attfield, Phillip John Livingstone Bell
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Publication number: 20160201041Abstract: The invention relates to enzyme compositions comprising a glucoamylase, an alpha-amylase, and optionally a cellulolytic composition and/or a protease. The invention also relates to the use thereof in processes of producing sugars and/or fermentation products from starch-containing material by saccharifying and/or fermenting starch-containing material at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/SInventors: Joseph Jump, Nathaniel Kreel, Jeremy Saunders, Michael John Akerman
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Publication number: 20150079627Abstract: The invention relates to processes of producing a fermentation product, comprising liquefying a starch containing material with an alpha-amylase; pre-saccharifying and/or saccharifying and fermenting using a fermentation organism in the presence of a carbohydrate source generating enzyme and a cellulolytic composition The invention also relates to methods of dewatering whole stillage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Thomas Rasmussen, Jeremy Saunders, James Croonenberghs, Zhengfang Kang, Joyce Craig, Michael John Akerman
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Patent number: D752270Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: HATCO CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph Jeremy Saunders, John Quella