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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11332768 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 10, 2015

Methods for hydrolysing lignocellulosic material

Applicant:

Leaf Sciences Pty Ltd, Queensland, AU;

Inventors:

Alex Baker, Queensland, AU;

Leslie Alan Edye, Queensland, AU;

Assignee:

LEAF SCIENCES PTY LTD, Queensland, AU;

Attorneys:

Robert C. Netter, Jr.

Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

Primary Examiner:

David W Berke-Schlessel

Assistant Examiner:

Trent R Clarke

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08H 8/00 (2010.01); C12P 19/00 (2006.01); D21C 1/04 (2006.01); D21C 3/02 (2006.01); D21C 3/04 (2006.01); D21C 1/06 (2006.01); C12P 19/14 (2006.01); C12P 7/6463 (2022.01); C08H 7/00 (2011.01); C12P 19/02 (2006.01); C13K 1/02 (2006.01); C12P 7/10 (2006.01); C12P 7/16 (2006.01); C12P 7/64 (2022.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 19/00 (2013.01); C08H 6/00 (2013.01); C08H 8/00 (2013.01); C12P 7/10 (2013.01); C12P 7/16 (2013.01); C12P 7/64 (2013.01); C12P 7/6463 (2013.01); C12P 19/02 (2013.01); C12P 19/14 (2013.01); C13K 1/02 (2013.01); D21C 1/04 (2013.01); D21C 1/06 (2013.01); D21C 3/02 (2013.01); D21C 3/04 (2013.01); C12M 45/06 (2013.01); C12P 2201/00 (2013.01); C12P 2203/00 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01); Y02P 20/582 (2015.11);
Abstract

A method for producing a partially hydrolysed lignocellulosic material is provided including treating a lignocellulosic material with an acid and/or an alkali and then a polyol. Also provided are methods of producing a fermentable sugar, or a fermentable sugar and a fermentation product from said partially hydrolysed lignocellulosic material. A partially hydrolysed lignocellulosic material, a fermentable sugar, and fermentation product produced by such methods are also provided. Also provided is an apparatus for producing a partially hydrolysed lignocellulosic material, such as by the aforementioned method.

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