Patents by Inventor Matthias Boy

Matthias Boy 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).

  • Patent number: 9109244
    Abstract: 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 least
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Pompejus, Stephan Freyer, Markus Lohscheidt, Oskar Zelder, Matthias Boy
  • Patent number: 8785154
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an aqueous glucose solution from the starch components of Triticeae grains, for example from rye, triticale or in particular wheat grains. The invention also relates to a glucose-based fermentation method for manufacturing organic compounds in which the glucose manufactured for fermentation is produced from the starch components of Triticeae grains by way of a method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Boy, Stephan Freyer, Julia Brodersen
  • Patent number: 8741599
    Abstract: 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 overproduc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Pompejus, Stephan Freyer, Markus Lohscheidt, Oskar Zelder, Matthias Boy
  • Patent number: 8728773
    Abstract: Process for the production of at least one organic compound having at least 3 C atoms or having at least 2 C atoms and at least 1 N atom by fermentation. In particular, the process comprises milling a starch feedstock, thus obtaining a millbase which comprises at least part of the nonstarchy solid constituents of the starch feedstock; suspending the millbase in an aqueous liquid and liquefying the millbase present in the aqueous liquid in the presence of at least one starch-liquefying enzyme, obtaining an aqueous dextrin-containing medium (1) which comprises at least a part of the nonstarchy solid constituents of the starch feedstock; and using the aqueous dextrin-containing medium (1) in a fermentation for culturing a microorganism which is capable of overproducing the organic compound; wherein enzymes which hydrolyze the dextrins to monosaccharides are being added in an amount of less than 0.001% by weight based on the total weight of the starch feedstock employed, or not at all.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventors: Matthias Boy, Stephan Freyer
  • Patent number: 8728762
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing at least one organic compound comprising at least 3 C-atoms or at least 2 C-atoms and at least 1 N-atom by fermentation. Said method comprises the following steps: i) a starch source is ground in order to obtain a grinding material which contains at least one part of the non-starch containing solid components of the starch source; ii) the grinding material is suspended in an aqueous liquid in an amount such that the dry mass content in the suspension is at least 45 wt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Boy, Stephan Freyer
  • Publication number: 20130059332
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 8293504
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20110033896
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an aqueous glucose solution from the starch components of Triticeae grains, for example from rye, triticale or in particular wheat grains. The invention also relates to a glucose-based fermentation method for manufacturing organic compounds in which the glucose manufactured for fermentation is produced from the starch components of Triticeae grains by way of a method according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Boy, Stephan Freyer, Julia Brodersen
  • Patent number: 7785846
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing methionine by fermentation, a process for isolating the methionine formed, the methionine-containing biomass produced in isolation, use thereof for producing a feedstuff or feed supplement, and also to the use of the isolated methionine for producing foodstuffs or feedstuffs or food supplements or feed supplements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Boy, Daniela Klein, Hartwig Schröder
  • Publication number: 20100196964
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20090226571
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Freyer, Markus Pompejus, Oskar Zelder, Markus Lohscheidt, Matthias Boy, Edzard Scholten
  • Publication number: 20090162892
    Abstract: 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 lea
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: BASF AG
    Inventors: Markus Pompejus, Stephan Freyer, Markus Lohscheidt, Oskar Zelder, Matthias Boy
  • Publication number: 20080318287
    Abstract: A process for the production of at least one organic compound having at least 3 C atoms or having at least 2 C atoms and at least 1N atom by means of fermentation, comprises 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 liquefying the millbase present in the aqueous liquid in the presence of at least one starch-liquefying enzyme, obtaining an aqueous dextrin-containing medium (1) which comprises at least a part of the nonstarchy solid constituents of the starch feedstock; and b) using the aqueous dextrin-containing medium (1) in a fermentation for culturing a microorganism which is capable of overproducing the organic compound; enzymes which hydrolyze the dextrins to monosaccharides being added in an amount of less than 0.001% by weight based on the total weight of the starch feedstock employed, or not at all.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Matthias Boy, Stephan Freyer
  • Publication number: 20080299606
    Abstract: 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 overproduc
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Pompejus, Stephan Freyer, Markus Lohscheidt, Oskar Zelder, Matthias Boy
  • Publication number: 20080254515
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing at least one organic compound comprising at least 3 C-atoms or at least 2 C-atoms and at least 1 N-atom by fermentation. Said method comprises the following steps: i) a starch source is ground in order to obtain a grinding material which contains at least one part of the non-starch containing solid components of the starch source; ii) the grinding material is suspended in an aqueous liquid in an amount such that the dry mass content in the suspension is at least 45 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: Basf SE
    Inventors: Matthias Boy, Stephan Freyer
  • Publication number: 20080108113
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for enriching trehalose from solutions, in which the enrichment is performed using an adsorbent, in which the adsorbent is an aluminosilicate. Preferably, the aluminosilicate is a zeolite. The invention further relates to the enrichment and purification of trehalose from fermentation broths, in particular as a coupled product of production by fermentation of other products of value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: BASF AG
    Inventors: Matthias Boy, Markus Pompejus, Daniela Klein, Martin Volkert, James Reuben Brown
  • Publication number: 20070122888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing methionine by fermentation, a process for isolating the methionine formed, the methionine-containing biomass produced in isolation, use thereof for producing a feedstuff or feed supplement, and also to the use of the isolated methionine for producing foodstuffs or feedstuffs or food supplements or feed supplements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Matthias Boy, Daniela Klein, Hartwig Schroder