US Patent Issued to DANISCO US on Sept. 16 for "Expression of beta-glucosidase in yeast for improved ethanol production" (California, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,026, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to DANISCO US INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Expression of beta-glucosidase in yeast for improved ethanol production" was invented by Thomas P. Graycar (Pacifica, Calif.) and Kerry Hollands (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are compositions and methods relating to the expression of Beta-glucosidase in yeast for use in industrial ethanol production. The yeast demonstrates increased ethanol production and reduced production of unwanted side-products, including acetate. Such yeast is particularly useful for large-scale ethanol production from starch substrates."

The patent was fil...