US Patent Issued to Novozymes North America on April 29 for "Fermentation product production processes" (American, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. RE50,404, issued on April 29, was assigned to Novozymes North America Inc. (Franklinton, N.C.).

"Fermentation product production processes" was invented by Mads Torry Smith (Raleigh, N.C.), John Ress (Youngsville, N.C.), Kevin S. Wenger (Rolesville, N.C.) and Rikke Monica Festersen (Herlev, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for producing a fermentation product from starch-containing material, comprising liquefying said starch-containing material with an alpha-amylase; treating with a protease; saccharifying in the presence of a carbohydrate-source generating enzyme; fermenting in the presence o...