ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,402, issued on June 16, was assigned to NOVOZYMES A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).
"Compositions for producing fermentation products" was invented by Zhengfang Kang (Raleigh, N.C.), Christie Lynn Strahler (Knightdale, N.C.), James Ron Huffman (Wake Forest, N.C.) and Kristian Bertel Romer M. Krogh (Bagsvaerd, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase and a thermostable hemicellulase is present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to compositions suitable for use in processes of the inve...