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US 8,679,793 · App. 13/866,002 · Granted Mar 25, 2014

Method for producing ethanol using raw starch

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Patent No.
US 8,679,793
App. No.
13/866,002
Granted
Mar 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is directed to methods for producing high levels of alcohol during fermentation of plant material, and to the high alcohol beer produced. The present invention is also directed to methods for producing high protein distiller's dried grain from fermentation of plant material, and to the high protein distiller's dried grain produced. The present invention also relates to reduced stack emissions from drying distillation products from the production of ethanol.

Claims (9)

1. A distillers dried grain comprising:

29.7 to 38.9% of protein; and

9.92 to 22.24% of starch.

2. The distillers dried grain of claim 1 comprising:

29.7 to 38.9% of protein;

9.92 to 22.24% of starch;

10.9 to 21.3% of fat; and

residual fermentation and saccharification enzymes.

3. The distillers dried grain of claim 2 wherein the residual fermentation and saccharification enzymes comprise an acid fungal amylase and a glucoamylase.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2020
From: POET RESEARCH, INC.
To: COBANK, ACB, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 052312/0801 →
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 →
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 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 →
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 →
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 Aug 5, 2013
From: LEWIS, STEPHEN M.
To: POET RESEARCH, INC.
Reel/Frame 030945/0169 →