Milling process

US10308967B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Novozymes A/S · DK

Inventors

• Zhen Long · Beijing, CN
• Wanghui Xu · Beijing, CN
• Wang Han · Beijing, CN
• Scott R. McLaughlin · Wake Forest, US
• Randall Deinhammer · Wake Forest, US
• Paria Saunders · Knightdale, US
• Bernardo Vidal, Jr. · Wake Forest, US
• Xinyu Shen · Wake Forest, US
• Michael John Akerman · Wake Forest, US
• Tom Gibbons · Wake Forest, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 26, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/6408
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Provided are processes for treating crop kernels which comprising the steps of a) soaking kernels in water to produce soaked kernels; b) grinding the soaked kernels; c) treating the soaked kernels in the presence of a polypeptide having protease activity.