ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,947, issued on July 21, was assigned to Lee Tech LLC (Los Gatos, Calif.).

"Methods of and systems for a dry milling process with two steps liquefications" was invented by Chie Ying Lee (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a two-step liquefication (e.g., using a high (less than23 Be) and a low Be (greater than5 Be) liquid media) process in a dry milling process/plant. The dry milling process comprises liquifying starch from milled corns making a liquefied starch slurry in a first liquefication tank having a slurry less than23 Be, performing a first solid/liquid separation using a first padd...