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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:
Feb. 22, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
William H Hoge, Flemington, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bio-Industries, Inc., Hialeah, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
195 33 ; 195111 ; 195115 ;
Abstract
A process for making alcohol from cellulosic material by hydrolyzing the material to sugars and subjecting the resultant reaction mixture to digestion and fermentation to convert the sugars to alcohol. The process comprises sterilization of the cellulosic material; concurrent digestion and fermentation of the sterilized mixture to produce alcohol using innoculum comprising cellulase enzyme and yeast, vacuum stripping to recover the alcohol, and recovery of innoculum for reuse.