Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Morinaga

Tsutomu Morinaga 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).

  • Method for producing ethanol
    Patent number: 8535922
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an ethanol from a lignocellulose resource efficiently. According to the method for producing the ethanol of the present invention, an enzyme group derived from a mushroom waste substrate has a high activity and can allow cellulose or xylan in the lignocellulose resource to be efficiently converted into glucose or xylose. That is, the lignocellulose resource can be converted into a saccharified solution including the glucose or xylose thereinside. The glucose or xylose in the saccharified solution can be converted into the ethanol by fermentation of yeast or bacterium provided into the saccharified solution. The method for producing the ethanol of the present invention can allow the ethanol to be efficiently produced from the lignocellulose resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Hokto Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Nishimoto, Kiyohiro Nishimoto, Tsutomu Morinaga
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING ETHANOL
    Publication number: 20100330641
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an ethanol from a lignocellulose resource efficiently. According to the method for producing the ethanol of the present invention, an enzyme group derived from a mushroom waste substrate has a high activity and can allow cellulose or xylan in the lignocellulose resource to be efficiently converted into glucose or xylose. That is, the lignocellulose resource can be converted into a saccharified solution including the glucose or xylose thereinside. The glucose or xylose in the saccharified solution can be converted into the ethanol by fermentation of yeast or bacterium provided into the saccharified solution. The method for producing the ethanol of the present invention can allow the ethanol to be efficiently produced from the lignocellulose resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: HOKUTO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro Nishimoto, Kiyohiro Nishimoto, Tsutomu Morinaga