Patents by Inventor Koh Shikata

Koh Shikata 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).

  • Process for producing saccharified solution of lignocellulosic biomass
    Patent number: 8609376
    Abstract: A process for producing a saccharified solution, by which xylose can be produced at a high yield from lignocellulosic biomass, is provided. The saccharification is carried out by adding a saccharifying enzyme to a pretreated material for saccharification of the lignocellulosic biomass. As the saccharifying enzyme is added a mixture of a first saccharifying enzyme originated from one or more microorganisms selected from the group consisting of fungi of the genus Acremonium, the genus Trichoderma, the genus Penicillium, the genus Aspergillus and the genus Thermoascus, and eubacteria of the genus Clostridium and the genus Bacillus, and a second saccharifying enzyme composed of ?-xylosidase originated from Thermotoga maritima.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Thermostable Enzyme Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigenobu Mitsuzawa, Minako Onodera, Maiko Fukuura, Koh Shikata, Yasuhiro Kashima
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SACCHARIFIED SOLUTION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20120003702
    Abstract: A process for producing a saccharified solution, by which xylose can be produced at a high yield from lignocellulosic biomass, is provided. The saccharification is carried out by adding a saccharifying enzyme to a pretreated material for saccharification of the lignocellulosic biomass. As the saccharifying enzyme is added a mixture of a first saccharifying enzyme originated from one or more microorganisms selected from the group consisting of fungi of the genus Acremonium, the genus Trichoderma, the genus Penicillium, the genus Aspergillus and the genus Thermoascus, and eubacteria of the genus Clostridium and the genus Bacillus, and a second saccharifying enzyme composed of ?-xylosidase originated from Thermotoga maritima.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicants: THERMOSTABLE ENZYME LABORATORY CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigenobu MITSUZAWA, Minako Onodera, Maiko Fukuura, Koh Shikata, Yasuhiro Kashima