Patents by Inventor Joyce Craig

Joyce Craig 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 PRODUCING A FERMENTATION PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20210230644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease, pullulanase and/or glucoamylase are present and/or added during liquefaction, wherein a cellulolytic composition is present and/or added during fermentation or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randall Deinhammer, Joyce Craig, Suzanne Clark, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Zhengfang Kang
  • PROCESSES OF PRODUCING FERMENTATION PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20210189437
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Rasmussen, Jeremy Saunders, James Croonenberghs, Zhengfang Kang, Joyce Craig, Michael John Akerman
  • Processes of producing fermentation products
    Patent number: 10954533
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Rasmussen, Jeremy Saunders, James Croonenberghs, Zhengfang Kang, Joyce Craig, Michael John Akerman
  • Processes for Producing Fermentation Products
    Publication number: 20200199559
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase, a thermostable protease, and optionally a carbohydrate-source generating enzyme and/or pullulanase, are present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to compositions suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randall Deinhammer, Joyce Craig, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi, Suzanne Clark, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong
  • PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING A FERMENTATION PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20200095615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease, pullulanase and/or glucoamylase are present and/or added during liquefaction, wherein a cellulolytic composition is present and/or added during fermentation or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randall Deinhammer, Joyce Craig, Suzanne Clark, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Zhengfang Kang
  • PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING FERMENTATION PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20200024620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease, pullulanase and/or glucoamylase are present and/or added during liquefaction, wherein a cellulolytic composition is present and/or added during fermentation or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randall Deinhammer, Joyce Craig, Suzanne Clark, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Zhengfang Kang
  • Processes for producing fermentation products
    Patent number: 10526620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease, pullulanase and/or glucoamylase are present and/or added during liquefaction, wherein a cellulolytic composition is present and/or added during fermentation or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randall Deinhammer, Joyce Craig, Suzanne Clark, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Zhengfang Kang
  • PROCESSES OF PRODUCING FERMENTATION PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20190323041
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Rasmussen, Jeremy Saunders, James Croonenberghs, Zhengfang Kang, Joyce Craig, Michael John Akerman
  • Processes of producing fermentation products
    Patent number: 10364445
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Rasmussen, Jeremy Saunders, James Croonenberghs, Zhengfang Kang, Joyce Craig, Michael John Akerman
  • Glucoamylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10316308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent glucoamylase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the glucoamylase variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/ S
    Inventors: Jesper Vind, Esben Peter Friis, Thomas Agsersten Poulsen, Michael Skjøt, Peter Kamp Hansen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Steen Krogsgaard, Joyce Craig, Guillermo Coward-Kelly, Keiichi Ayabe
  • Processes for producing fermentation products
    Patent number: 10227613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease, pullulanase and/or glucoamylase are present and/or added during liquefaction, wherein a cellulolytic composition is present and/or added during fermentation or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Randall Deinhammer, Joyce Craig, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi, Suzanne Clark, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Zhengfang Kang
  • PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING FERMENTATION PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20190062792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease, pullulanase and/or glucoamylase are present and/or added during liquefaction, wherein a cellulolytic composition is present and/or added during fermentation or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Randall Deinhammer, Joyce Craig, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi, Suzanne Clark, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Zhengfang Kang
  • PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING FERMENTATION PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20180245105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease, pullulanase and/or glucoamylase are present and/or added during liquefaction, wherein a cellulolytic composition is present and/or added during fermentation or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randall Deinhammer, Joyce Craig, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi, Suzanne Clark, John Matthews, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Chee-Leong Soong, Zhengfang Kang
  • Processes for producing fermentation products
    Patent number: 10041054
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein a bacterial alpha-amylase, a raw starch hydrolyzing alpha-amylase and a carbohydrate-source generating enzyme are present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to compositions suitable for use in processes of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randall Deinhammer, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Joyce Craig, Guillermo Coward-Kelly, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi, Suzanne Clark, John Matthews
  • Processes for producing ethanol and yeast
    Patent number: 10036043
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: 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
  • GLUCOAMYLASE VARIANTS AND POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING SAME AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180094252
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent glucoamylase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the glucoamylase variants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Vind, Esben Peter Friis, Thomas Agsersten Poulsen, Michael Skjøt, Peter Kamp Hansen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Steen Krogsgaard, Joyce Craig, Guillermo Coward-Kelly, Keiichi Ayabe
  • PROCESSES OF PRODUCING FERMENTATION PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20180073041
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Rasmussen, Jeremy Saunders, James Croonenberghs, Zhengfang Kang, Joyce Craig, Michael John Akerman
  • Glucoamylase variants and polynucleotides encoding same and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9879241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to variants of a parent glucoamylase. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the glucoamylase variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Vind, Esben Peter Friis, Thomas Agsersten Poulsen, Michael Skjøt, Peter Kamp Hansen, Frank Winther Rasmussen, Steen Krogsgaard, Joyce Craig, Guillermo Coward-Kelly, Keiichi Ayabe
  • Processes of producing fermentation products
    Patent number: 9856498
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Thomas Rasmussen, Jeremy Saunders, James Croonenberghs, Zhengfang Kang, Joyce Craig, Michael John Akerman
  • PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING FERMENTATION PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20170240874
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein a bacterial alpha-amylase, a raw starch hydrolyzing alpha-amylase and a carbohydrate-source generating enzyme are present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to compositions suitable for use in processes of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Randall Deinhammer, Anne Glud Hjulmand, Joyce Craig, Guillermo Coward-Kelly, Tomoko Matsui, Shinobu Takagi, Suzanne Clark, John Matthews