IP Library Granted Patent US 11,091,784
Granted Patent B2
US 11,091,784 · App. 16/557,256 · Granted Aug 17, 2021

Process for enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic material and fermentation of sugars

Inventor: Bertus Noordam (Echt, NL)
Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
C12P19/14C12N9/242C12P7/10C12P7/14C12P19/02C12P2201/00Y02E50/10
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Patent No.
US 11,091,784
App. No.
16/557,256
Granted
Aug 17, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has melanoma. A method of treating a patient who has melanoma includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the melanoma.

Claims (24)

1. A process for the preparation of a fermentation product from lignocellulosic material, comprising:

a) enzymatic hydrolysis of the lignocellulosic material in one or more containers using an enzyme composition comprising at least two cellulases to obtain a sugar product, wherein the enzymatic hydrolysis comprises at least:

i) a first stage wherein the enzymatic hydrolysis is performed at a first temperature; and

ii) a second stage wherein the enzymatic hydrolysis is performed at a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is lower than the first temperature and wherein oxygen is added to the hydrolysis during at least part of the second stage;

b) fermentation of the sugar product to produce a fermentation product, wherein the fermentation is done in a different container than the enzymatic hydrolysis; and

c) optionally, recovery of the fermentation product.

2. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the first temperature is from 50-90° C.

3. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the second temperature is from 20-49° C.

4. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the first stage takes 12-200 hours.

5. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the second stage takes 2-72 hours.

6. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the first stage is performed in one or more first containers.

7. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the second stage is performed in one or more second containers.

8. The process according to claim 7 , wherein oxygen is added to the headspace of the one or more second containers.

9. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more containers have a volume of at least 1 m 3 .

10. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the enzyme composition is derived from a fungus and/or a fungal enzyme composition the enzyme composition comprises a fungal enzyme.

11. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the fermentation is performed in more than one container.

12. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the dry matter content at the end of the first stage is 5 wt % or higher.

13. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the dry matter content at the end of the second stage is 5 wt % or higher.

14. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the enzyme composition is a whole fermentation broth.

15. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the fermentation is conducted with a microorganism that is able to ferment at least one C5 sugar.

16. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the lignocellulosic material is pretreated before and/or during the enzymatic hydrolysis.

17. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the fermentation product is ethanol.

18. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the oxygen concentration (DO) in the lignocellulosic material present during the enzymatic hydrolysis of the second stage is at least 0.0023 mol/m 3 when measured at atmospheric pressure and about 32° C.

19. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the oxygen is added by sparging.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
To: VERSALIS S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 063957/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2019
From: NOORDAM, BERTUS
To: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
Reel/Frame 050245/0798 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 14199262 · Dec 16, 2014 · regional
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15535809
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