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US 8,470,550 · App. 12/886,483 · Granted Jun 25, 2013

Composition comprising raw starch for the production of ethanol

Inventor: Stephen M. Lewis (Sioux Falls, SD)
Assignee: Poet Research, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,470,550
App. No.
12/886,483
Granted
Jun 25, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are compositions for producing ethanol, which compositions comprise raw starch and amylase enzymes.

Claims (9)

1. A composition comprising water, milled corn flour and an acid fungal amylase saccharification enzyme wherein about 90% of the corn flour has a particle size of 0.5 mm or less and the temperature of the water is from about 25° C. to about 40° C.

2. The composition according to claim 1 which further comprises a glucoamylase.

3. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the amount of acid fungal amylase saccharification enzyme is from about 0.1 to about 1.0 acid fungal amylase units per gram of dry corn flour.

4. A distillers dried grain comprising:

34% or more of protein;

15% or more of fat;

31% or more of fiber;

12% or more of starch; and

residual fermentation and saccharification enzymes.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2020
From: POET RESEARCH, INC.
To: COBANK, ACB, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 052312/0801 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2020
From: POET RESEARCH, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 052295/0712 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME 035603/0778 Recorded Apr 2, 2020
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: POET, LLC; POET RESEARCH, INC.; POET PLANT MANAGEMENT, LLC; POET INVESTMENTS, INC.; POET BIOMASS, LLC; POET DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.; RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.; POET NUTRITION, INC.; POET RESEARCH CENTER, LLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS POET RESEARCH CENTER, INC.); POET LEASING, LLC; POET NUTRITION INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 052299/0676 →
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded May 6, 2015
From: POET, LLC; POET RESEARCH, INC.; POET PLANT MANAGEMENT, LLC; POET INVESTMENTS, INC.; POET BIOMASS, LLC; POET DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.; RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.; POET NUTRITION, INC.; POET RESEARCH CENTER, INC.; POET LEASING, LLC; POET NUTRITION INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 035603/0778 →
RELEASE OF PATENT, TRADEMARK AND COPYRIGHT SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2015
From: BOKF, N.A., DBA BANK OF OKLAHOMA
To: POET RESEARCH, INC. F/K/A BROIN AND ASSOCIATES, INC.; POET, LLC F/K/A BROIN COMPANIES, LLC; POET INVESTMENTS, INC. F/K/A BROIN ENTERPRISES, INC.; POET PLANT MANAGEMENT, LLC
Reel/Frame 035603/0610 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2014
From: POET RESEARCH, INC. F/K/A BROIN AND ASSOCIATES, INC.
To: BOKF, NA DBA BANK OF OKLAHOMA
Reel/Frame 033494/0016 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2011
From: LEWIS, STEPHEN M
To: POET RESEARCH, INC.
Reel/Frame 026373/0398 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 11676965 · Feb 20, 2007
Continuation 10798226 · Mar 10, 2004
Provisional Application 60453442 · Mar 10, 2003
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