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Classification	Number	Url	PMD	Priority	Assignee	Assignee Loc	Inventor(s)	Inventor Loc(s)	Filing Date	Issued Date
	6,699,696	Genetically modified cyanobacteria for the production of ethanol, the constructs and method thereof	6,699,696	Yes This application is a divisional of and claims priority to patent application Ser. No. 09/026,845 filed Feb. 20, 1998 in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,306,639 issued Oct. 23, 2001, which is a continuation-in-part application of and claims priority to prior application Ser. No. 08/801,331 filed on Feb. 19, 1997 now abandoned.	Enol Energy Inc.	Toronto, CA	Woods; Robert Paul:Coleman; John Robert:De Deng; Ming	Markham, CA:Toronto, CA:North York, CA	May 21, 2001	March 2, 2004
	6,306,639	Genetically modified cyanobacteria for the production of ethanol, the constructs and method thereof	6,306,639	Yes This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/801,331, filed Feb. 19, 1997, now abandoned.	Enol Energy Inc.	CA	Woods; Robert Paul:Coleman; John Robert:Deng; Ming De	Markham, CA:Markham, CA:North York, CA	February 20, 1998	October 23, 2001
	6,146,860	Manufacture of L-ascorbic acid and D-erythorbic acid	6,146,860	No	Roche Vitamins Inc.	Parsippany, NJ	Asakura; Akira:Hoshino; Tatsuo:Kiyasu; Tatsuya:Shinjoh; Masako	Fujisawa, JP:Kamakura, JP:Fujisawa, JP:Kamakura, JP	January 18, 2000	November 14, 2000
	6,102,690	Recombinant organisms capable of fermenting cellobiose	6,102,690	No	Univ. of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.	Gainsville, FL	Ingram; Lonnie O.:Lai; Xiaokuang:Moniruzzaman; Mohammed:York; Sean W.	Gainesville, FL:Gainesville, FL:Gainesville, FL:Gainesville, FL	April 7, 1997	August 15, 2000
	6,004,789	Process for obtaining acyloins, pyruvate decarboxylases suitable therefor and their production and DNA sequence of the PDC gene coding them	6,004,789	Yes This is continuation-in-part application of international application PCT/DE96/00928 filed May 22, 1996 and claiming the priority of German applications 195 18 809.8 of May 26, 1995 and 195 23 269.0 of Jun. 29, 1995.	Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH	Julich, DE	Bruhn; Heike:Pohl; Martina:Mesch; Karin:Kula; Maria-Regina	Munich, DE:Aachen, DE:Mulheim an der Ruhr, DE:Niederzier, DE	November 24, 1997	December 21, 1999
	5,677,154	Production of ethanol from biomass	5,677,154	No	Ingram-Howell, L.L.C.	Belleview, WA	Van Draanen; Arlen:Mello; Steven	Haverhill, MA:Bedford, NH	June 7, 1995	October 14, 1997
	5,607,672	Replacement therapy for dental caries	5,607,672	No	University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.	Gainesville, FL	Hillman; Jeffrey D.	Gainesville, FL	June 7, 1995	March 4, 1997
	5,589,349	Method for enzymatic analysis and reagant therefor	5,589,349	Yes This application is a continuation of now abandoned application, Ser. No. 08/032,263, filed Mar. 17, 1993, now abandoned.	Unitika Ltd.	Hyogo, JP	Shinzaki; Akihiro:Watanabe; Miwa:Suzuki; Tadao	Kyoto, JP:Kyoto, JP:Kyoto, JP	November 3, 1994	December 31, 1996
	5,487,989	Ethanol production by recombinant hosts	5,487,989	Yes This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/846,344, filed Mar. 6, 1992 (now pending), which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 07/670,821, filed Mar. 18, 1991 (now abandoned), and Ser. No. 07/624,277, filed Dec. 7, 1990 (now abandoned), both of which are continuations-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/352,062, filed May 15, 1989 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,000,000), itself a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/239,099, filed Aug. 31, 1988 (now abandoned). The respective contents of these patent documents is hereby incorporated by reference.	Bioenergy International, L.C.	Gainesville, FL	Fowler; David E.:Horton; Philip G.:Ben-Bassat; Arie	Gainesville, FL:Gainesville, FL:Gainesville, FL	September 17, 1992	January 30, 1996
	5,482,846	Ethanol production in Gram-positive microbes	5,482,846	Yes CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/026,051, filed Mar. 5, 1993; which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 07/946,290, filed Sep. 17, 1992; which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 07/846,344, filed Mar. 6, 1992 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,424,202); which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 07/670,821, filed Mar. 18, 1991, now abandoned, and U.S. Pat. No. 07/624,227, filed Dec. 7, 1990, now abandoned; both of which are continuations-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/352,062, filed May 15, 1989 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,000,000), itself a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/239,099, filed Aug. 31, 1988 (now abandoned). The respective contents of these patent documents are hereby incorporated by reference.	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	Ingram; Lonnie O'Neal:Barbosa-Alleyne; Maria D. F.	Gainesville, FL:Gainesville, FL	March 30, 1994	January 9, 1996
	5,348,871	Process for converting cellulosic materials into fuels and chemicals	5,348,871	No	Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.	Oak Ridge, TN	Scott; Charles D.:Faison; Brendlyn D.:Davison; Brian H.:Woodward; Jonathan	Oak Ridge, TN:Knoxville, TN:Knoxville, TN:Oak Ridge, TN	May 15, 1992	September 20, 1994
	5,071,762	Enhancing the flavor of protein products derived from microorganisms	5,071,762	No	Phillips Petroleum Company	Bartlesville, OK	Shay; Lucas K.:Fisher; Trudy J.	Bartlesville, OK:Catoosa, OK	August 13, 1990	December 10, 1991
	5,070,016	Integrated process for producing ethanol, methanol and butyl ethers	5,070,016	No	Revolution Fuels of America, Inc.	Atlanta, GA	Hallberg; David E.	Norcross, GA	March 28, 1991	December 3, 1991
	5,037,740	Novel immobilized cells and fermentation method utilizing the same	5,037,740	No	Asama Chemical Co., Ltd.	Tokyo, JP	Tanaka; Hideo:Kurosawa; Hiroshi:Yajima; Mizuo	Niiharigu, JP:Hitachi, JP:Tokyo, JP	June 25, 1985	August 6, 1991
	5,028,539	Ethanol production using engineered mutant E. coli	5,028,539	Yes This is a continuation in part of copending application Ser. No. 239,099, filed Aug. 31, 1988, now abandoned.	The University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	Ingram; Lonnie O.:Clark; David P.	Gainesville, FL:Carbondale, IL	November 21, 1988	July 2, 1991
	5,026,641	Bacteria culture and fermentation using the same	5,026,641	No	The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.:The Board of The Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia	both of, JP:both of, JP	Ishizaki; Ayaaki	Fukuoka, JP	February 24, 1989	June 25, 1991
	5,000,000	Ethanol production by Escherichia coli strains co-expressing Zymomonas PDC and ADH genes	5,000,000	Yes CROSS-REFERENCE TO A RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation-in-part of our co-pending application Ser. No. 239,099, filed Aug. 31, 1988, now abandoned.	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	Ingram; Lonnie O.:Conway; Tyrrell:Alterthum; Flavio	Gainesville, FL:Lincoln, NE:Gainesville, FL	May 15, 1989	March 19, 1991
	4,985,355	Ethanol production by zymomonas cultured in yeast-conditioned media	4,985,355	Yes This is a Divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 07/257,073, entitled "Ethanol Production by Zymomonas Cultured in Yeast-Conditioned Media" filed Oct. 13, 1988, by Robyn J. Millichip, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,885,241 issued Dec. 5, 1989.	University of Queensland	St. Lucia, AU	Millichip; Robyn J.	Lincoln, NE	October 2, 1989	January 15, 1991
	4,900,670	Microbiological production of acetaldeyde	4,900,670	No	Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.	Ithaca, NY	Zall; Robert R.:Wecker; Matthew	Ithaca, NY:Bellevue, WA	February 23, 1988	February 13, 1990
	4,885,241	Ethanol production by zymomonas cultured in yeast-conditioned media	4,885,241	No	University of Queensland	Queensland, AU	Millichip; Robyn J.	Lincoln, NE	October 13, 1988	December 5, 1989
	4,879,228	Microbial production of polyfructose	4,879,228	No	IGI Biotechnology, Inc.	Columbia, MD	Mays; Thomas D.:Dally; Ellen L.	Columbia, MD:Columbia, MD	January 4, 1985	November 7, 1989
	4,876,196	Method of continuously producing ethanol from sugar-containing substrates	4,876,196	Yes This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 783,923, filed Oct. 3, 1985, now abandoned.	Vogelbusch Gesellschaft m.b.H.	AT	Salzbrunn; Wolfgang:Steiner; Eva:Wohrer; Wilfried:Meixner; Otto	Neustadt, AT:Korneuburg, AT:Bad Voslau, AT:Vienna, AT	January 27, 1988	October 24, 1989
	4,865,973	Process for extractive fermentation	4,865,973	Yes This is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 775,791, filed Sept. 13, 1985, now abandoned.	Queen's University at Kingston	Kingston, CA	Kollerup; Finn:Daugulis; Andrew J.	Kingston, CA:Kingston, CA	August 13, 1986	September 12, 1989
	4,840,902	Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation using pH control	4,840,902	Yes CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 772,492, filed Apr. 12, 1985, the entire disclosure of which is relied upon and incorporated by reference herein.	George Weston Limited	Toronto, CA	Lawford; Hugh G.	Mississauga, CA	May 4, 1987	* June 20, 1989
	4,830,964	Ethanol production by high performance bacterial fermentation	4,830,964	Yes This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 944,072, filed Dec. 22, 1986, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 4,731,329 which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 641,364, filed Aug. 15, 1984, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 4,647,534, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 217,066, filed Dec. 16, 1980, now abandoned, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 184,508, filed May 9, 1980, now abandoned.	George Weston Limited	Toronto, CA	Lawford; Hugh G.	Mississauga, CA	October 13, 1987	* May 16, 1989
	4,816,399	Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation	4,816,399	No	George Weston Limited	Toronto, CA	Lawford; Hugh G.	Mississauga, CA	April 12, 1985	* March 28, 1989
	4,812,410	Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation	4,812,410	Yes CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 722,492, filed Apr. 12, l985, entitled CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION BY BACTERIAL FERMENTATION, the entire contents of which are relied upon and incorporated by reference herein.	George Weston Limited	Toronto, CA	Lawford; Hugh G.	Mississauga, CA	May 20, 1985	March 14, 1989
	4,808,527	Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation	4,808,527	Yes CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 722,492, filed Apr. 12, 1985, entitled Continuous Process for Ethanol Production by Bacterial Fermentation, the entire contents of which are relied upon and incorporated by reference herein.	George Weston Limited	Toronto, CA	Lawford; Hugh G.	Mississauga, CA	May 20, 1985	February 28, 1989
	4,808,526	Continuous process for ethanol production by bacterial fermentation	4,808,526	Yes CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 722,492, filed Apr. 12, 1985, entitled Continuous Process for Ethanol Production by Bacterial Fermentation, the entire contents of which are relied upon and incorporated by reference herein.	George Weston Limited	Toronto, CA	Lawford; Hugh G.	Mississauga, CA	May 20, 1985	February 28, 1989
	4,797,360	Conversion of sucrose to fructose and ethanol	4,797,360	Yes This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 594,580, filed Mar. 29, 1984, now abandoned.	The University of Queensland	AU	Doelle; Horst W.	Kenmore, AU	December 2, 1986	January 10, 1989
	4,742,006	Fermentation process for the production of fructose from aqueous mixtures of fructose and glucose and Zymomonas mobilis mutants which can be used for such fermentation	4,742,006	No	Kernforschungsanlage Julich Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung	Julich, DE	Bringer; Stephanie:Sahm; Hermann	Julich, DE:Julich, DE	November 6, 1985	May 3, 1988
	4,731,329	Ethanol production by high performance bacterial fermentation	4,731,329	Yes This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 641,364, filed Aug. 15, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,647,534, issued Mar. 3, 1987, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 217,066, filed Sept. 16, 1980, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 184,508, filed Sept. 5, 1985, now abandoned.	George Weston Ltd.	Toronto, CA	Lawford; Hugh G.	Mississauga, CA	December 22, 1986	* March 15, 1988
	4,647,534	Ethanol production by high performance bacterial fermentation	4,647,534	Yes This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 217,066 filed Sept. 16, 1980, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 184,508, filed. Sept. 5, 1980, now abandoned.	George Weston Ltd.	Toronto, CA	Lawford; Hugh G.	Mississauga, CA	August 15, 1984	March 3, 1987
	4,593,005	Strains of Aspergillus and use thereof to produce amylolytic enzymes	4,593,005	No	Daikin Industries, Ltd.	Osaka, JP	Hizukuri; Susumu	Kagoshima, JP	August 6, 1984	June 3, 1986
	4,443,544	Ethanol production in a continuous process with cell recycle	4,443,544	No	Unisearch Limited	Kensington, AU	Rogers; Peter L.:Tribe; David E.	Northwood, AU:Maroubra, AU	March 3, 1981	April 17, 1984
	4,443,543	Semibatch ethanol production	4,443,543	No	Unisearch Limited	Kensington, AU	Rogers; Peter L.:Tribe; David E.	Northwood, AU:Maroubra, AU	December 2, 1981	April 17, 1984
	4,413,058	Continuous production of ethanol by use of flocculent zymomonas mobilis	4,413,058	No	n/a	n/a	Arcuri; Edward J.:Donaldson; Terrence L.	Del Mar, CA:Lenoir City, TN	January 28, 1982	November 1, 1983
	4,409,329	Saccharification method	4,409,329	Yes This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 243,296, filed Mar. 24, 1981, now abandoned.	Gulf Research & Development Company	Pittsburgh, PA	Silver; Richard S.	Monroeville, PA	July 15, 1982	October 11, 1983
	4,403,034	Ethanol Production	4,403,034	No	Unisearch Limited	Kensington, AU	Rogers; Peter L.:Tribe; David E.	Northwood, AU:Maroubra, AU	March 3, 1981	September 6, 1983
	4,350,765	Method for producing ethanol with immobilized microorganism	4,350,765	No	Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd.	Osaka, JP	Chibata; Ichiro:Kato; Jyoji:Wada; Mitsuru	Suita, JP:Yawata, JP:Nara, JP	June 5, 1980	September 21, 1982
	4,237,229	Immobilization of biological material with polyurethane polymers	4,237,229	Yes CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a divisional of our co-pending application Ser. No. 644,025, filed Dec. 24, 1975, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 585,674, filed June 10, 1975, now abandoned.	W. R. Grace & Co.	New York, NY	Hartdegen; Frank J.:Swann; Wayne E.	Columbia, MD:Pasadena, MD	November 9, 1977	* December 2, 1980
	4,195,127	Process for immobilizing proteins	4,195,127	Yes This application is a divisional of U.S. Patent application Ser. No. 743,035, filed Nov. 18, 1976, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,098,645, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 660,982, filed Feb. 24, 1976, now abandoned, which is in turn a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 585,674, filed June 10, 1975, now abandoned.	W. R. Grace & Co.	New York, NY	Hartdegen; Frank J.:Swann; Wayne E.	Columbia, MD:Pasadena, MD	November 16, 1977	* March 25, 1980
	4,098,645	Immobilization of proteins with polyurethane polymers	4,098,645	Yes The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 660,982, filed Feb. 24, 1976 which is in turn a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 585,674, filed June 10, 1975, both now abandoned.	W. R. Grace & Co.	New York, NY	Hartdegen; Frank Joseph:Swann; Wayne Elliott	Columbia, MD:Pasadena, MD	November 18, 1976	July 4, 1978