Patents by Inventor Markus Lohscheidt
Markus Lohscheidt 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: 9109244Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of at least one microbial metabolite having at least 3 carbon atoms or at least 2 carbon atoms and at least 1 nitrogen atom by means of sugar-based microbial fermentation, comprising: a) the preparation of a sugar-containing liquid medium with a monosaccharide content of more than 20% by weight from a starch feedstock, the sugar-containing liquid medium also comprising non-starchy solid constituents of the starch feedstock; b) the fermentation of the sugar-containing liquid medium for the production of the metabolite(s); and c) depletion or isolation of at least one metabolite from the fermentation liquor, wherein a microorganism strain which produces the desired metabolite(s) is cultivated with the sugar-containing liquid medium, said liquid medium being obtained by: a1) milling the starch feedstock; and a2) liquefying the millbase in an aqueous liquid in the presence of at least one starch-liquefying enzyme, followed by saccharification using at leastType: GrantFiled: May 27, 2005Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Markus Pompejus, Stephan Freyer, Markus Lohscheidt, Oskar Zelder, Matthias Boy
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Patent number: 8741599Abstract: A process for the fermentative production of at least one organic compound having at least 3 C atoms or having at least 2 C atoms and at least one 1 N atom, comprising the following steps: a1) milling a starch feedstock, thus obtaining a millbase which comprises at least part of the nonstarchy solid constituents of the starch feedstock; a2) suspending the millbase in an aqueous liquid and hydrolysis of the starch portion in the millbase by enzymatic liquefaction and, if appropriate, subsequent saccharification, whereby a first liquid (1) which comprises mono- or oligosaccharides is obtained; and b) addition of the liquid (1) which comprises mono- or oligosaccharides together with metabolizable mono-, di- or oligosaccharides or together with a composition which comprises metabolizable mono-, di- or oligosaccharide in a concentration of at least 50% by weight and which is essentially free from solids which are insoluble in water to a fermentation medium comprising a microorganism which is capable of overproducType: GrantFiled: November 27, 2006Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Markus Pompejus, Stephan Freyer, Markus Lohscheidt, Oskar Zelder, Matthias Boy
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Publication number: 20130059332Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of an aqueous glucose solution from maize or maize kernels. The invention also relates to a glucose solution obtainable by this process, and to its use for the production of organic compounds. The process according to the invention comprises: a) fractionating dry milling of maize kernels, where the maize kernels are separated into a maize-starch-comprising endosperm fraction and a high-oil germ fraction and, if appropriate, a bran fraction; b) enzymatic liquefaction and saccharification of the maize starch in an aqueous suspension of the endosperm fraction, which gives an aqueous glucose solution comprising maize gluten; and c) depletion of the maize gluten and, if appropriate, any bran present from the aqueous glucose solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Matthias Boy, Jong-Kyu Choi, Jin Won Chung, Markus Lohscheidt, Jong In Choi, Jae Yeol Seo, Jörg Braun, Mo Se Kim, Sung Hyun Kim, Arno Kochner
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Patent number: 8293504Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of an aqueous glucose solution from maize or maize kernels. The invention also relates to a glucose solution obtainable by this process, and to its use for the production of organic compounds. The process according to the invention comprises: a) fractionating dry milling of maize kernels, where the maize kernels are separated into a maize-starch-comprising endosperm fraction and a high-oil germ fraction and, if appropriate, a bran fraction; b) enzymatic liquefaction and saccharification of the maize starch in an aqueous suspension of the endosperm fraction, which gives an aqueous glucose solution comprising maize gluten; and c) depletion of the maize gluten and, if appropriate, any bran present from the aqueous glucose solution.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Matthias Boy, Jong-Kyu Choi, Jin Won Chung, Markus Lohscheidt, Jong In Choi, Jae Yeol Seo, Jörg Braun, Mo Se Kim, Sung Hyun Kim, Arno Kochner
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Patent number: 7824891Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method for producing D-pantothenic acid and/or salts thereof and to the use thereof as an additive for animal feed.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2002Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Basf SEInventors: Kai-Uwe Baldenius, Christine Beck, Andreas Fischer, Hans-Peter Harz, Markus Lohscheidt, Martin Leemann
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Patent number: 7781192Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method for producing D-pantothenic acid and/or the salts thereof and the use of said substance as an additive for animal food.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2002Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Kai-Uwe Baldenius, Christine Beck, Hans-Peter Harz, Markus Lohscheidt, Daniela Klein
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Publication number: 20100196964Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of an aqueous glucose solution from maize or maize kernels. The invention also relates to a glucose solution obtainable by this process, and to its use for the production of organic compounds. The process according to the invention comprises: a) fractionating dry milling of maize kernels, where the maize kernels are separated into a maize-starch-comprising endosperm fraction and a high-oil germ fraction and, if appropriate, a bran fraction; b) enzymatic liquefaction and saccharification of the maize starch in an aqueous suspension of the endosperm fraction, which gives an aqueous glucose solution comprising maize gluten; and c) depletion of the maize gluten and, if appropriate, any bran present from the aqueous glucose solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Matthias Boy, Jong-Kyu Choi, Jin Won Chung, Markus Lohscheidt, Jong In Choi, Jai Yeol Seo, Jörg Braun, Mo Se Kim, Sung-Hyun Kim, Arno Kochner
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Patent number: 7727748Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method for producing D-pantothenic acid and/or the salts thereof and to the use thereof as an additive for animal feed.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Christine Beck, Hans-Peter Harz, Daniela Klein, Martin Leemann, Markus Lohscheidt
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Publication number: 20100068341Abstract: The present invention relates to novel enzyme-comprising granules which are suitable as feed additives, and also to a method for production thereof. The invention also relates to the use of the enzyme-comprising granules in feed compositions and, in particular, pelleted feed compositions, which are obtainable using the enzyme-comprising granules. The particles of the enzyme granules have A. an enzyme-comprising core having a water content below 15% by weight, preferably in the range from 1 to 12% by weight, in particular in the range from 3 to 10% by weight, and especially in the range from 5 to 9% by weight, based on the weight of the enzyme-comprising core, which comprises i) 50 to 96.9% by weight, preferably 55 to 94.85% by weight, and in particular 60 to 89.7% by weight, of at least one solid support material suitable for feeds, ii) 0.1 to 10% by weight, preferably 0.15 to 5% by weight, in particular 0.2 to 2% by weight, and especially 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventor: Markus Lohscheidt
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Publication number: 20090317515Abstract: The present invention relates to novel solid enzyme formulations comprising mixtures of at least one salt-stabilized enzyme composition, at least one particulate support and at least one hydrophobic liquid. In addition, the invention relates to methods for producing such solid enzyme formulations and also animal feed, foods and food supplements which comprise such enzyme formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2007Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Markus Lohscheidt, Roland Betz, Jörg Braun, Wolf Pelletier
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Publication number: 20090274795Abstract: The present invention relates to novel phytase-comprising enzyme granules, those particles of which have A) a core which comprises at least one phytase and at least one solid carrier material suitable for feeds, and b) a coating arranged on the core, the cores of the particles or the entire particle, after if appropriate required grinding, on suspension or dissolution in demineralized water at 25° C. giving a pH in the range from 4.5 to 6.5, preferably in the range from 4.6 to 6.0, and particularly preferably from 4.7 to 5.5 and which are suitable as feed additives, and also a method for production thereof. The invention also relates to the use of the phytase-comprising enzyme granules in feed compositions and, in particular, pelleted feed compositions, which are obtainable using the phytase-comprising enzyme granules.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Markus Lohscheidt, Roland Betz, Jörg Braun, Wolf Pelletier, Peter Ader
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Patent number: 7611872Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method for the production of D-pantothenic acid and/or salts thereof and use thereof as adjunct for animal feedstuffs.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2002Date of Patent: November 3, 2009Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Christine Beck, Hans-Peter Harz, Daniela Klein, Martin Leemann, Markus Lohscheidt, Stefan Bitterlich, Hartwig Voβ
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Publication number: 20090263543Abstract: The present invention relates to novel methods for producing coated granulated enzyme-comprising feed additives, to the coated enzyme-comprising granules produced in this manner, and also to feed compositions which are obtainable using the coated granules. This method comprises the following steps: a) Extrusion of an enzyme-comprising dough which, in addition to water, comprises i) 50 to 96.9% by weight of at least one solid carrier material suitable for feed, ii) 0.1 to 20% by weight of at least one water-soluble polymer, iii) 3 to 49.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Markus Lohscheidt, Roland Betz, Jorg Braun, Wolf Pelletier, Andreas Habich, Peter Ader
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Publication number: 20090226571Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of at least one nonvolatile microbial metabolite in solid form by sugar-based microbial fermentation, in which process a microorganism strain which produces the desired metabolites is grown using a sugar-containing liquid medium with a monosaccharide content of more than 20% by weight based on the total weight of the liquid medium, and the volatile constituents of the fermentation liquor are subsequently largely removed, the sugar-containing liquid medium being prepared by: a1) milling selected starch feedstock from cereal grains; and a2) liquefying the millbase in an aqueous liquid in the presence of at least one starch-liquefying enzyme, followed by saccharification using at least one saccharifying enzyme, where, for liquefaction purposes, at least a portion of the millbase is liquefied by continuous or batchwise addition to the aqueous liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2006Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Stephan Freyer, Markus Pompejus, Oskar Zelder, Markus Lohscheidt, Matthias Boy, Edzard Scholten
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Publication number: 20090162892Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of at least one microbial metabolite having at least 3 carbon atoms or at least 2 carbon atoms and at least 1 nitrogen atom by means of sugar-based microbial fermentation, comprising: a) the preparation of a sugar-containing liquid medium with a monosaccharide content of more than 20% by weight from a starch feedstock, the sugar-containing liquid medium also comprising non-starchy solid constituents of the starch feedstock; b) the fermentation of the sugar-containing liquid medium for the production of the metabolite(s); and c) depletion or isolation of at least one metabolite from the fermentation liquor, wherein a microorganism strain which produces the desired metabolite(s) is cultivated with the sugar-containing liquid medium, said liquid medium being obtained by: a1) milling the starch feedstock; and a2) liquefying the millbase in an aqueous liquid in the presence of at least one starch-liquefying enzyme, followed by saccharification using at leaType: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2005Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: BASF AGInventors: Markus Pompejus, Stephan Freyer, Markus Lohscheidt, Oskar Zelder, Matthias Boy
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Publication number: 20090117230Abstract: The present invention relates to novel phytase-comprising enzyme granules, the particles of which have a weight-average particle size in the range from 300 to 800 ?m and the specific phytase activity of which, expressed in FTU/g, is at least 13 000 and does not exceed a value of FTUmax=6000[FTU g?1]·D?3·mm3, D being the weight-average particle diameter of the granule particles in mm. The invention further relates to phytase-comprising enzyme granules for feeds, the particles of which have a weight-average particle size in the range from 300 to 800 ?m and the specific phytase activity of which, expressed in FTU/g, is at least 7000, and does not exceed a value of FTUmax=2000[FTU g?1]·D?3·mm3, D being the weight-average particle diameter of the granule particles in mm. The invention also relates to the use of the phytase-comprising enzyme granules in feed compositions and, in particular, pelleted feed compositions, which are obtainable using the phytase-comprising enzyme granules.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: May 7, 2009Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Markus Lohscheidt, Roland Betz, Jorg Braun
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Publication number: 20080299606Abstract: A process for the fermentative production of at least one organic compound having at least 3 C atoms or having at least 2 C atoms and at least one 1 N atom, comprising the following steps: a1) milling a starch feedstock, thus obtaining a millbase which comprises at least part of the nonstarchy solid constituents of the starch feedstock; a2) suspending the millbase in an aqueous liquid and hydrolysis of the starch portion in the millbase by enzymatic liquefaction and, if appropriate, subsequent saccharification, whereby a first liquid (1) which comprises mono- or oligosaccharides is obtained; and b) addition of the liquid (1) which comprises mono- or oligosaccharides together with metabolizable mono-, di- or oligosaccharides or together with a composition which comprises metabolizable mono-, di- or oligosaccharide in a concentration of at least 50% by weight and which is essentially free from solids which are insoluble in water to a fermentation medium comprising a microorganism which is capable of overproducType: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2006Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Markus Pompejus, Stephan Freyer, Markus Lohscheidt, Oskar Zelder, Matthias Boy
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Publication number: 20070269555Abstract: The present invention concerns stabilized solid or liquid enzyme formulation comprising at least one enzyme and at least one single-cell protein.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2005Publication date: November 22, 2007Applicant: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jesper Jensen, Markus Lohscheidt, Andreas Habich
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Publication number: 20040077057Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method for producing D-pantothenic acid and/or the salts thereof and to the use thereof as an additive for animal feed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Christine Beck, Hans-Peter Harz, Daniela Klein, Martin Leemann, Markus Lohscheidt
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Publication number: 20040072306Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method for producing D-pantothenic acid and/or salts thereof and to the use thereof as an additive for animal feed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventors: Kai-Uwe Baldenius, Andreas Fischer, Christine Beck, Hans-Peter Harz, Markus Lohscheidt, Martin Leemann