US Patent Issued to Fluid Quip Technologies on March 25 for "System and method for producing a sugar stream with front end oil separation" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,602, issued on March 25, was assigned to Fluid Quip Technologies LLC (Springfield, Ohio).

"System and method for producing a sugar stream with front end oil separation" was invented by Neal Jakel (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and Albert Pollmeier (Cedar Rapids, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved dry grind system and method for producing a sugar stream from grains or similar carbohydrate sources and/or residues, such as for biochemical production, with front end oil separation. Prior to or after saccharification, oil can be removed from a sugar/carbohydrate stream. After saccharification and prior to a sugar conversion process, t...