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Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 14, 2005
Applicants:

Gopal Chotani, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Gang Duan, Singapore, SG;

Craig E. Pilgrim, Beloit, WI (US);

Jayarama K. Shetty, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gopal Chotani, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Gang Duan, Singapore, SG;

Craig E. Pilgrim, Beloit, WI (US);

Jayarama K. Shetty, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Danisco US Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/14 (2006.01); C12P 7/06 (2006.01); C12P 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/14 (2013.01); Y02E 50/17 (2013.01);
Abstract

A dry solids staging fermentation process for producing an end-product, such as ethanol is disclosed said process including an initial fermentation step including combining a first fermentable substrate with one or more starch hydrolyzing enzymes and fermenting organisms in a fermentation vessel and a loading step which includes adding a second fermentable substrate to the fermentation vessel wherein the percent dry solids (% DS) of the fermentation broth increases over time.


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