Preparing Compound Containing Saccharide Radical Patents (Class 435/72)
  • Patent number: 12031273
    Abstract: Systems and methods as disclosed herein automatically provide real-time dosing corrections for an industrial process wherein enzyme blends are applied to natural fibers for pulp/paper production. An initial enzyme blend (e.g., enzymes and supporting formulation components, as relevant) and respective dose rates are selected to be applied based on expected fiber surface substrate characterization, expected fiber quality characterization, the physical conditions of the system being treated, respective characteristics of the initially selected enzyme blend components, etc. Upon application of the initial enzyme blend, online sensors provide real-time feedback data corresponding to measured actual values for the fiber surface substrate characterization and fiber quality characterization. A replacement enzyme blend (enzymes and supporting formulation components) and respective dose rates thereof is dynamically selected based on the feedback data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Buckman Laboratories International, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Reed, Feiran Li, John Carter
  • Patent number: 11925925
    Abstract: The invention provides ionic polymers (IP) consisting of anions and a polymeric backbone containing cations. The invention also provides the ionic polymers incorporated in membranes or attached to solid supports and use of the ionic polymers in processing of biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Embion Technologies SA
    Inventors: Sviatlana Siankevich, Georgios Savoglidis, Paul Joseph Dyson, Zhaofu Fei
  • Patent number: 11845971
    Abstract: Methods for producing methane from algae, and particularly methods for producing methane from brown algae. The present methods can use a biomass of brown algae such as Hormophysa cuneiformis subjected to bacterial treatment to produce methane. The bacteria can comprise Aeromonas sobria and Staphylococcus haemolyticus. The brown algae and bacteria can all be obtained from the Arabian Gulf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Nermin Adel El Semary
  • Patent number: 11535872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Candida strains comprising a mutation or deletion in the first and/or second XYL2 allele which can be used for producing one or more sugar alcohols from a lignocellulosic feedstock. The preferred sugar alcohol is xylitol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Aberystwyth University
    Inventors: Abhishek Somani, David Neil Bryant, Sreenivas Rao Ravella, Joseph Anthony Gallagher, Narcis Fernandez-Fuentes
  • Patent number: 11479797
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides proteins, nucleic acids, vectors, and host molecules useful for the production of compounds of interest, and methods for their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel C. Gray, Brian R. Bowman, Gregory L. Verdine, Mathew Edward Sowa
  • Patent number: 11434508
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; d) whereby less than 7.5 mg enzyme composition/g glucan (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) or less than 3.0 mg enzyme composition/g feedstock (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) is used; and e) fermentation of the hydrolysed ligno-cellulosic material to produce a fermentation product; and f) optionally recovery of a fermentation product; wherein before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout
  • Patent number: 11434507
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a sugar product from lignocellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; and d) optionally recovery of a sugar product; wherein during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material and during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis less oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material compared to the other part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, preferably no oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout, Aida Hiseni
  • Patent number: 11427844
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; d) fermentation of the hydrolysed ligno-cellulosic material to produce a fermentation product; and e) optionally recovery of a fermentation product; wherein before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventor: Bertus Noordam
  • Patent number: 11359220
    Abstract: A saccharification reaction mixture wherein the reaction mixture can saccharify at least one of cellulose and hemicellulose and contains at least one of cellulose and hemicellulose, a saccharification enzyme, silica or a silica-containing substance, and at least one compound (A) selected from the group including a polyhydric alcohol compound represented by the following formula (1) or a derivative thereof and an acetylene glycol represented by formula (2) or an alkylene oxide adduct thereof. The symbols in the chemical formulas are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Odaka, Kazutoshi Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 11330828
    Abstract: The present invention has objects to provide a powdery plant extract for beverages, having satisfactory flavor-retaining effect and solubility. The present invention solves the above objects by providing a powdery plant extract for beverages, comprising a plant extract for beverages and a branched ?-glucan mixture having the following characteristics (A) to (C): (A) Being constructed by glucose molecules; (B) Having a branched structure with a glucose polymerization degree of one or more, bound via a linkage other than ?-1,4 linkage to a non-reducing end glucose residue at an end position of a linear glucan with a glucose polymerization degree of 3 or higher, having a structure of binding glucose molecules via ?-1,4 linkages; and (C) Isomaltose in an amount of 5% by mass or higher, on a dry solid basis, of the hydrolysate is formed when digested by isomaltodextranase; where the mass ratio of the plant extract for beverages and the branched ?-glucan mixture is in a range of 1:0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: HAYASHIBARA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Inoue, Hikaru Masahiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11293012
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of glyco-engineering and, more specifically, to eukaryotic cells wherein both an endoglucosaminidase is present and made deficient in UDP-galactose 4-epimerase (GalE). Typically, a glycoprotein is also present in the cells. These cells can be used to deglycosylate or partly deglycosylate the (exogenous) glycoprotein, in particular, without the need for adding an extra enzyme. Methods are also provided for the application of these cells in protein production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: VIB VZW, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Nico Callewaert, Leander Meuris, Francis Santens
  • Patent number: 11279960
    Abstract: A method produces xylo-oligosaccharides from a biomass containing xylan and cellulose, which method is convenient and has a high yield of xylo-oligosaccharides because of inhibition of degradation of xylo-oligosaccharides into xylose. In the method of producing xylo-oligosaccharides, a biomass containing xylan and cellulose is hydrolyzed with a cellulase composition having at least activities of xylanase, cellobiohydrolase and ?-glucosidase and substantially free of ?-xylosidase activity during hydrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuya Kasahara, Chiaki Yamada, Hiroyuki Kurihara, Katsushige Yamada
  • Patent number: 11242437
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of biodegradable plastic films in aqueous environment, starting from vegetal wastes in powder form includes dissolution at a temperature lower than 50° C. of waste material in form of a powder in an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid, and transfer of the aqueous solution in a casting mould and evaporation of the aqueous solution, to yield the biodegradable plastic film. The total concentration of the hydrochloric acid is equal to or lower than 5% by weight. The aqueous solution may include acetic acid. The aqueous solution may also be filtered or centrifuged and/or subjected to dialysis against pure water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
    Inventors: Giovanni Perotto, Ilker Bayer, Athanasia Athanasiou
  • Patent number: 11208765
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a coating composition that can be applied to a substrate, especially a cellulose substrate. A layer of the coating composition applied to the substrate provides an excellent ink receptive layer and can be used as a coating on paper. The disclosure also relates to aqueous compositions and method for applying the layer of the coating composition onto the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: NUTRITION & BIOSCIENCES USA 4, INC.
    Inventors: Natnael Behabtu, Xiaoqing Li, Michael Stephen Wolfe
  • Patent number: 11198820
    Abstract: Provided is a conversion process for an organic oil, relating to the field of biomass utilization, energy and chemical industry. The conversion process is carried out in presence of an aqueous slurry and a catalyst selected from the group consisting of an iron oxide compound, a waste agent resulting from use of an iron oxide compound as desulfurizer, and a regeneration product of the waste agent, under a controlled molar ratio of iron element to sulfur element. It is found that free radical condensation polymerization of organic oil during cracking process can be blocked effectively by using carbonylation, and hydrogenation is achieved with active hydrogen produced from the conversion of CO and water. In the conversion process, organic material, especially biomass solid, can be directly converted without dehydration, and water can be additionally added to the biomass liquid or the mineral oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ke Lin, Lixin Guo, Yongjun Cui, Shengfeng Li, Dongmei Cui
  • Patent number: 11118203
    Abstract: The invention relates, in general, to methods of processing lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars and to methods that rely on hydrothermal pretreatment. Xylose monomer yields comparable to those achieved using two-stage pretreatments can be achieved from soft lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks by pretreating to very low severity in a single-stage pressurized hydrothermal pretreatment, followed by enzymatic hydrolysis to release xylose retained in the solid state. In some embodiments, pretreated biomass is separated into a solid fraction and a liquid fraction, the solid fraction subjected to enzymatic hydrolysis, and the separated liquid fraction subsequently mixed with the hydrolysed solid fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: INBICON A/S
    Inventors: Jan Larsen, Niels Nielsen Poulsen, Martin Dan Jeppesen, Kit Kellebjerg Mogensen
  • Patent number: 11053173
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for the conversion of poultry waste into useful products. Some embodiments are directed to a process for forming a product solution from poultry waste. The process includes providing a feedstock that contains greater than 60 percent poultry waste, and anaerobically digesting the feedstock to produce a digestate that has a solids content of about 5% to about 15% by weight. The process also includes separating and classifying the digestate into multiple high solids fractions and a first filtrate. The process also includes adding the high solids fractions to an acid solution to form a slurry that is then separated and classified into multiple second solids fractions and a second filtrate. The process also includes clarifying the first and second filtrates to produce a first and a second centrate. The process also includes mixing the first centrate with the second centrate to form the product solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CLEANBAY RENEWABLES LLC
    Inventor: Shawn Freitas
  • Patent number: 11005799
    Abstract: Provided herein are CRISPR/Cas methods and compositions for targeting RNA molecules, which can be used to detect, edit, or modify a target RNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Inventors: Patrick D. Hsu, Silvana Konermann
  • Patent number: 10941519
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for reduction of energy consumption during the pretreatment of biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Björn Hühnlein, Thomas Hoppe, Ralf Hortsch
  • Patent number: 10781466
    Abstract: A method of producing a sugar liquid includes: (A) reacting mannanase with a liquid component obtained by hydrolysis treatment of woody biomass to obtain a saccharified liquid; and (B) filtering the saccharified liquid in Step (A) through a microfiltration membrane and/or ultrafiltration membrane to collect a sugar liquid from a permeate side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Minamino, Yuka Asahi, Hiroyuki Kurihara, Jumpei Kishimoto, Masashi Higasa, Katsushige Yamada
  • Patent number: 10731192
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; d) fermentation of the hydrolysed ligno-cellulosic material to produce a fermentation product; and e) optionally recovery of a fermentation product; wherein before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventor: Bertus Noordam
  • Patent number: 10724057
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a sugar product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; and d) optionally recovery of a sugar product; wherein during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material and during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis less oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material compared to the other part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, preferably no oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout, Aida Hiseni
  • Patent number: 10717995
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; d) whereby less than 7.5 mg enzyme composition/g glucan (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) or less than 3.0 mg enzyme composition/g feedstock (on dry matter and enzyme as protein) is used; and e) fermentation of the hydrolysed ligno-cellulosic material to produce a fermentation product; and f) optionally recovery of a fermentation product; wherein before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout
  • Patent number: 10689806
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pretreatment process of lignocellulosic biomass, comprising contacting lignocellulosic biomass with pretreatment solution in a temperature ranging from an ambient temperature to 100° C. and a pressure of at least 20 bars, wherein the pretreatment solution comprising water, water-miscible organic solvent and alkali having a concentration of 5 to 15% w/v if the alkali is solid or 5 to 15% v/v if the alkali is liquid. Said pretreatment process operates in mild condition or at low temperature to be specified with the removing of lignin but not destroying cellulose and increasing desired sugar yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: PTT GLOBAL CHEMICAL PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Naphatsaya Denchokpraguy, Verawat Champreda, Navadol Laosiripojana
  • Patent number: 10570431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising: a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity and a heterocyclic compound. The present invention also relates to methods of using the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Quinlan, Feng Xu, Matthew Sweeney
  • Patent number: 10519476
    Abstract: A method of producing a sugar liquid from cellulose-containing biomass includes (1) to (3): (1): subjecting a cellulose-containing biomass to hydrothermal treatment and thereafter separating the treated cellulose-containing biomass into a hydrothermally-treated liquid and a cellulose-containing solid content; (2): adding a filamentous fungus-derived cellulase to the cellulose-containing solid content obtained in (1) to hydrolyze the cellulose and thereafter separating the hydrolysate into a saccharification residue and a sugar liquid; and (3): washing the saccharification residue obtained in (2) with the hydrothermally-treated liquid obtained in (1) to elute the filamentous fungus-derived cellulase adsorbed to the saccharification residue into the hydrothermally-treated liquid and thereafter obtaining a solution component comprising the filamentous fungus-derived cellulase by solid-liquid separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kurihara, Hiroko Ishizuka, Atsushi Minamino, Katsushige Yamada
  • Patent number: 10450404
    Abstract: At the time of producing a polyester by using a dicarboxylic acid component and a biomass-resource-derived diol as raw materials, a polyester is efficiently produced with good color tone, as the raw material diol derived from biomass resources, a diol in which the content of a cyclic carbonyl compound having a carbon atom number of 5 or 6 is from 0.01 to 12 ppm by mass, is used, and by controlling the content of a cyclic carbonyl compound having a carbon atom number of 5 or 6 in the raw material diol to fall in a prescribed range, the color tone of the polyester is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Genomatica, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Utsunomiya, Yusuke Izawa, Norikazu Konishi, Kota Tanaka, Shinichiro Matsuzono, Takayuki Suzuki, Michael Japs, Mark Burk, Warren Clark
  • Patent number: 10435730
    Abstract: Recombinant microorganisms, plants, and plant cells are disclosed that have been engineered to express recombinant genes encoding UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs). Such microorganisms, plants, or plant cells can produce steviol glycosides, e.g., Rebaudioside A and/or Rebaudioside D, which can be used as natural sweeteners in food products and dietary supplements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: EVOLVA SA
    Inventors: Jens Houghton-Larsen, Paula Hicks, Michael Naesby, Thomas Tange Ostergaard, Jorgen Hansen, Michael Mikkelsen Dalgaard, Esben Hansen Halkjaer, Ernesto Simon, Sabina De Andrade Periera Tavares
  • Patent number: 10329588
    Abstract: The invention relates to means and methods for the biomethanation of H2 and CO2. In particular, the invention relates to devices for producing methane by means of methanogenic microorganisms by converting H2 and CO2, wherein the devices comprise at least one reactor, an aqueous medium, which is provided in the at least one reactor, wherein the methanogenic microorganisms are contained in the aqueous medium, a feeding apparatus, which is designed to introduce H2 and CO2 into the at least one reactor, wherein H2 and CO2 form a gaseous mixture therein, and a reaction-increasing device, which is designed to enlarge the contact surface between the aqueous medium having the methanogenic microorganisms and the gaseous mixture. The invention further relates to methods for producing methane in a reactor device by means of methanogenic microorganisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Inventor: Matthias Brunner
  • Patent number: 10301226
    Abstract: A process for production of anaerobic digestate based organic fertilizer includes combining anaerobic digestate and one or more grain by-products to create a combination of anaerobic digestate and one or more grain by-products. The combination of anaerobic digestate and one or more grain by-products is processed to yield the pH adjusted anaerobic digestate based organic fertilizer product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: True Organic Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jacob Matthew Evans
  • Patent number: 10165787
    Abstract: A GH10 xylanase variant is disclosed herein. This GH10 xylanase variant has increased thermostability compared with a parent GH10 xylanase enzyme comprising at least 90% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 1 wherein the variant has been modified at two or more of the following positions 7, 33, 79, 217 and 298 corresponding to the amino acid numbering of SEQ ID No. 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: DUPONT NUTRITION BIOSCIENCES APS
    Inventors: Rikke Hoeegh Lorentsen, Susan Arent Lund, Igor Nikolaev, Jan Hendrik A. Van Tuijl, Bert Koops
  • Patent number: 10144939
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a fermentation product from lignocellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally, pre-treatment of the lignocellulosic material, b) optionally, washing of the optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material, c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pretreated lignocellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulases and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises LPMO, and optionally purifying the hydrolyzed lignocellulosic material, d) fermentation of the hydrolyzed lignocellulosic material to produce a fermentation product, and e) optionally, recovery of a fermentation product, wherein oxygen is consumed in amounts corresponding to between 20 and 5000 mmol molecular oxygen per kg glucan present in the lignocellulosic material, the oxygen is added after the pretreatment and before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis of the lignocellulosic material, preferably in an a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout
  • Patent number: 10112868
    Abstract: A method for post-consumer waste segregation, comminution, and creation of a cementitious aggregate, that enables more complete reclamation of zorba from a processing stream segregable from plastic waste. The plastic waste is simultaneously impregnated with silica to create a cementitious aggregate employable with load bearing utility as a substitute for traditional concrete aggregates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Inventors: Kevin Furnary, Earl T. Balkum
  • Patent number: 9963727
    Abstract: The processes disclosed herein include saccharifying cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic biomass and fermenting the sugars to produce a sugar alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman, Jaewoong Moon, Aiichiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9963692
    Abstract: The thermostable cellobiohydrolase of the present invention is a polypeptide which has cellobiohydrolase activity at least under conditions of a temperature of 75° C. and a pH of 5.5, and which includes a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, or 7, a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence in which one or several amino acids are deleted, substituted, or added in an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, or 7, or a polypeptide including an amino acid sequence having 80% or greater but less than 100% sequence identity with an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, or 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Kazusa DNA Research Institute
    Inventors: Migiwa Suda, Jiro Ohkuma, Asuka Yamaguchi, Yoshitsugu Hirose, Yasuhiro Kondo, Tomohiko Kato, Daisuke Shibata
  • Patent number: 9963725
    Abstract: The present invention provides a continuous and cost effective chemo-enzymatic process for fractionation of holocellulose, obtained from agri-waste, into arabinoxylooligosaccharides, xylooligosaccharides and cellooligosaccharides, suitable for commercial applications. The process comprises of mixing the holocellulose with an aqueous medium in a controlled condition to obtain an aqueous extract comprising of soluble arabinoxylooligosaccharides and insoluble solid fraction; followed by treatment of the solid fraction with an aqueous alkali solution at controlled condition to obtain soluble xylooligosaccharides and cellulose residue. The cellulose residue is thereafter suspended in aqueous acid solution followed by treatment with an enzyme at controlled condition to obtain soluble cellooligosaccharides. The arabinoxylooligosaccharides, xylooligosaccharides and cellooligosaccharides obtained from the process have a degree of polymerization greater than 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Arvind Mallinath Lali
    Inventor: Arvind Mallinath Lali
  • Patent number: 9957528
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a sugar product from ligno-cellulosic material, comprising the following steps: a) optionally pre-treatment of the ligno-cellulosic material; b) optionally washing of the optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material; c) enzymatic hydrolysis of the optionally washed and/or optionally pre-treated ligno-cellulosic material using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulase and whereby the enzyme composition at least comprises GH61; and d) optionally recovery of a sugar product; wherein during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material and during part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis less oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material compared to the other part of the time of the enzymatic hydrolysis, preferably no oxygen is added to the ligno-cellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Bertus Noordam, Michael Petrus Jozef Berkhout, Aida Hiseni
  • Patent number: 9758643
    Abstract: Methods for the production of a biodegradable plastics material obtained from plant waste materials are provided which include the steps of dissolving plant waste material in an anhydrous solvent which includes anhydrous trifluoroacetic acid in order to dissolve a cellulose fraction of the material, the waste material being at least partly dehydrated in such a way that its water content is not likely to cause hydrolysis of the cellulose fraction, and removing the solvent from the solution containing the non-hydrolyzed cellulose fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TENOLOGIA
    Inventors: Ilker S. Bayer, Elisa Mele, Despina Fragouli, Roberto Cingolani, Athanasia Athanasiou
  • Patent number: 9637725
    Abstract: Provided are isolated polypeptides having catalase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Novozymes Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Liu, Junxin Duan, Yu Zhang, Lan Tang
  • Patent number: 9593448
    Abstract: A selective removal of chlorine and phosphorus that are detrimental to subsequent hydrothermal hydrocatalytic conversion from the biomass feed prior to carrying out catalytic hydrogenation/hydrogenolysis/hydrodeoxygenation of the biomass in a manner that does not reduce the effectiveness of the hydrothermal hydrocatalytic treatment while minimizing the amount of water used in the process is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph Broun Powell, Juben Nemchand Chheda
  • Patent number: 9593388
    Abstract: A selective removal of metal and its anion species that are detrimental to subsequent hydrothermal hydrocatalytic conversion from the biomass feed prior to carrying out catalytic hydrogenation/hydrogenolysis/hydrodeoxygenation of the biomass in a manner that does not reduce the effectiveness of the hydrothermal hydrocatalytic treatment while minimizing the amount of water used in the process is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph Broun Powell, Juben Nemchand Chheda
  • Patent number: 9562177
    Abstract: A highly homogeneous starch-based glue composition is obtained by enzymatic modification of the starch with a branching enzyme which is supplied in an enzymatically modified starch with high long-term stability. The starch has a viscosity stability index SI of less than or equal to 1.3, calculated by the quotient of viscosity after 14 days and by viscosity after 2 hours after preparation of the starch. The starch is suitable for liquid storage, which is stable in the long-term, of a ready-to-use paste with a high bonding strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Agrana Staerke GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Jürgen Mann, Martin Kozich, Dietmar Grüll, Marnik Michel Wastyn
  • Patent number: 9562247
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for industrially producing a branched glucan having a cyclic structure. The method for producing a branched glucan having a cyclic structure comprises the steps of: (1) preparing a mixed liquid which contains a branching enzyme in which starch granules are suspended at a concentration of 5% by weight or more and 50% by weight or less, and allowing the branching enzyme to act on starch in the starch granules, wherein a temperature of the mixed liquid at the time of preparation is 0° C. or higher and not higher than the gelatinization starting temperature of the starch granule; and (2) elevating the temperature of the mixed liquid to 85° C. or higher and 129° C. or lower, wherein in the method, none of ?-amylase, ?-amylase, amyloglucosidase and ?transglucosidase is added to the mixed liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Takaha, Kouji Odan, Michiyo Yanase, Iwao Kojima, Tsunehisa Akiyama
  • Patent number: 9512433
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cell to be stably cultured in a medium, which cell is adjusted for the production of oligosaccharides, the cell being transformed to comprise at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for an enzyme involved in oligosaccharide synthesis. In addition the cell is transformed to comprise at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for a protein of the sugar efflux transporter family, a functional homolog or derivative thereof. Further, the invention concerns a method for the production of oligosaccharides involving above cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: JENNEWEIN BIOTECHNOLOGIE GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Jennewein, Eric Huefner, Julia Parkot
  • Patent number: 9506048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity, catalytic domains, and cellulose binding domains and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains, and cellulose binding domains. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains, or cellulose binding domains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: Novozymes, Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Mary Ann Stringer, Brett McBrayer
  • Patent number: 9487549
    Abstract: A method for the preparation of lignin from lignocellulosic material by pulping with alcohol, in particular with a C1-4 alcohol, water and a base, in particular NaOH, at a temperature below 100° C., in particular from 40° C. to 90° C., in particular from 50° C. to 70° C., characterized in that 3 to 12 parts of base, in particular 4 to 10 parts of base, in particular preferable 5 to 8 parts of base, are used per 100 parts of the dry lignocellulosic material to be pulped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Annikki GmbH
    Inventors: Karin Fackler, Thomas Ters, Ortwin Ertl, Kurt Messner
  • Patent number: 9458443
    Abstract: The invention discloses cellulase enzymes with optimized properties for processing of cellulose- and lignocellulose-containing substrates. In particular, cellobiohydrolase enzymes with preferred characteristics are disclosed. The present invention provides fusion, insertion, deletion and/or substitution variants of such enzymes. Enzyme variants have enhanced thermostability, proteolytic stability, specific activity and/or stability at extreme pH. Nucleic acid molecules encoding said enzymes, a composition comprising said enzymes, a method for preparation, and the use for cellulose processing and/or for the production of biofuels are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SUD-CHEMIE IP GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Kettling, Christoph Reisinger, Thomas Brück, Andre Koltermann, Jochen Gerlach, Isabel Unterstrasser, Lutz Röcher, Markus Rarbach, Jörg Claren, Andreas Kohl, Jan Carsten Pieck, Dominik Schlosser
  • Patent number: 9458482
    Abstract: A method is provided in which pretreated and densified cellulosic biomass particulates can be hydrolyzed at a high solids loading rate as compared with the solids loading rate of loose hydrolysable cellulosic biomass fibers. The resulting high concentration sugar-containing stream can be easily converted to biofuels or to an entire suite of other useful bioproducts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: THE MICHIGAN BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bryan Bals, Farzaneh Teymouri, Timothy J. Campbell, Bruce E. Dale
  • Patent number: 9404137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising: a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity and a heterocyclic compound. The present invention also relates to methods of using the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Feng Xu, Matthew Sweeney, Jason Quinlan
  • Patent number: 9376504
    Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for using a single feedstock of barley to produce a fermented product and a method for filtering a large-particles stream from a liquid stream containing small particles of a process stream using a series of mechanical separation devices to increase yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: ICM, Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt A. Dieker, Charles C. Gallop, Scott D. Kohl, Keith Tjaden, Justin McMillen