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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.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Danisco Us Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas P. Graycar, Pacifica, CA (US);
Kerry Hollands, Newark, DE (US);
Assignee:
DANISCO US INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12N 9/38 (2006.01); C12P 19/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/06 (2013.01); C12N 9/2471 (2013.01); C12P 19/14 (2013.01); C12Y 302/01023 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described are compositions and methods relating to the expression of β-glucosidase in yeast for use in industrial ethanol production. The yeast demonstrates increased ethanol production and reduced production of unwanted side-products, including acetate. Such yeast is particularly useful for large-scale ethanol production from starch substrates.