US Patent Issued to NOVOZYMES on Feb. 3 for "Processes of producing fermentation products" (American, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,340, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NOVOZYMES A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).

"Processes of producing fermentation products" was invented by Thomas Rasmussen (Bagsvaerd, Denmark), Jeremy Saunders (Franklinton, N.C.), James Croonenberghs (Franklinton, N.C.), Zhengfang Kang (Franklinton, N.C.), Joyce Craig (Franklinton, N.C.) and Michael John Akerman (Franklinton, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to processes of producing a fermentation product, comprising liquefying a starch containing material with an alpha-amylase; pre-saccharifying and/or saccharifying and fermenting using a fermentation organism in the presenc...