| Top Inventors for class "Sugar, starch, and carbohydrates" |
| Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
| 1 | Sunalie N. Hillier | CA | Georgetown | Aug 02, 2012 / 20120195721 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK | 7 |
| 2 | Murray J. Burke | CA | Oakville | May 10, 2012 / 20120111321 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK | 7 |
| 3 | Namhee Shin | US | Clifton Park, NY | Dec 15, 2011 / 20110303217 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYDROLYSIS OF CELLULOSIC MATERIAL IN A MULTI-STEP PROCESS TO PRODUCE C5 AND C6 SUGARS USING A SINGLE VESSEL | 4 |
| 4 | Shinichi Takeshima | JP | Shizuoka-Ken | Dec 29, 2011 / 20110315138 - PRETREATMENT METHOD FOR SACCHARIFICATION OF PLANT FIBER MATERIAL AND SACCHARIFICATION METHOD | 4 |
| 5 | Ming Qiao | US | Pewaukee, WI | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130036660 - PRODUCTION OF CHEMICALS AND FUELS FROM BIOMASS | 4 |
| 6 | Mohsen Ajdari Rad | DE | Obrigheim | Sep 08, 2011 / 20110214669 - PROCESS FOR REDUCING THE LIME CONSUMPTION IN SUGAR BEET JUICE PURIFICATION | 3 |
| 7 | Elizabeth Woods | US | Middleton, WI | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130036660 - PRODUCTION OF CHEMICALS AND FUELS FROM BIOMASS | 3 |
| 8 | Robert Jansen | PT | Portela | Jun 07, 2012 / 20120138048 - SUCROSE INVERSION PROCESS | 3 |
| 9 | John Kerr | GB | South Croydon | Jun 21, 2012 / 20120157676 - Process for removing dimethylamine | 3 |
| 10 | C. Bertil Stromberg | US | Diamond Point, NY | Dec 06, 2012 / 20120305209 - HARDWOOD ALKALINE PULPING PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS | 3 |
| 11 | Noriaki Izumi | JP | Kobe-Shi | May 23, 2013 / 20130125877 - METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HYDROLYTIC SACCHARIFICATION OF CELLULOSIC BIOMASS | 3 |
| 12 | Thomas Pschorn | CA | Lennoxville | Nov 17, 2011 / 20110281298 - METHOD AND APPARATUS TO EXTRACTED AND REDUCE DISSOLVED HEMI-CELLULOSIC SOLIDS IN BIOMASS FOLLOWING PRE-HYDROLYSIS | 2 |
| 13 | Heikki Heikkila | FI | Espoo | Aug 11, 2011 / 20110192560 - PROCESS OF PRODUCING XYLOSE AND DISSOLVING PULP | 2 |
| 14 | Randy D. Cortright | US | Madison, WI | May 23, 2013 / 20130131411 - DEHYDROGENATION OF ALKANOLS TO INCREASE YIELD OF AROMATICS | 2 |
| 15 | Regis-Olivier Benech | CA | Chatham | Jan 31, 2013 / 20130029406 - TWO STAGE CONTINUOUS PRE-TREATMENT OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS | 2 |
| 16 | Tatsuya Oka | JP | Yokohama-Shi | Nov 08, 2012 / 20120279495 - SOLID-ACID-CATALYZED SACCHARIFICATION DEVICE AND METHOD | 2 |
| 17 | Paul Myren | US | Madison, WI | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130036660 - PRODUCTION OF CHEMICALS AND FUELS FROM BIOMASS | 2 |
| 18 | Takeshi Kikuchi | JP | Shizuoka-Ken | Dec 29, 2011 / 20110315138 - PRETREATMENT METHOD FOR SACCHARIFICATION OF PLANT FIBER MATERIAL AND SACCHARIFICATION METHOD | 2 |
| 19 | Stefan Frenzel | DE | Weinheim | Feb 17, 2011 / 20110038992 - PROCESS FOR THE ELECTROPORATION OF BEET COSSETTES AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THIS PROCESS | 2 |
| 20 | Randy Cortright | US | Madison, WI | Jan 24, 2013 / 20130023702 - Serial Deconstruction of Biomass | 2 |
| 21 | Pierrick Duflot | FR | La Couture | Oct 11, 2012 / 20120259103 - GRANULATED MALTITOL FOR DIRECT COMPRESSION AND METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF | 2 |
| 22 | Azar Shahidizenouz | DE | Obrigheim | Jul 15, 2010 / 20100178403 - LOW-EMISSION DRYINGOF SUGAR BEET CHIPS | 2 |
| 23 | Thomas Pschorn | CA | Quebec | Dec 15, 2011 / 20110303217 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HYDROLYSIS OF CELLULOSIC MATERIAL IN A MULTI-STEP PROCESS TO PRODUCE C5 AND C6 SUGARS USING A SINGLE VESSEL | 2 |
| 24 | Kenji Sato | JP | Fujisawa-Shi | Nov 15, 2012 / 20120288927 - BIOMASS TREATMENT DEVICE | 2 |
| 25 | Srinivas Kilambi | US | Duluth, GA | Apr 18, 2013 / 20130092054 - SOLID STATE COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS OF NANO TO MACROSCALE PORTLAND CEMENT AND OTHER HIGH VALUE NANO PARTICLES | 2 |
| 26 | Fabio Foraci | IT | Mazara Del Vallo (tp) | Mar 03, 2011 / 20110048413 - PROCESS AND PLANT FOR PRODUCING SUGAR PRODUCTS FROM GRAPES | 2 |
| 27 | Emmanuel M. Sarir | US | Beverly Hills, CA | Jul 21, 2011 / 20110174303 - COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR CLARIFICATION OF SUGAR JUICES AND SYRUPS IN SUGAR MILLS | 2 |
| 28 | Fernando Cesar Boscariol | BR | Sao Paulo | Mar 15, 2012 / 20120060832 - PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GRANULATED REFINED SUGAR FROM SUGAR CANE JUICE | 2 |
| 29 | Takeshi Nagahama | JP | Kobe-Shi | Oct 18, 2012 / 20120260912 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYDROLYTIC SACCHARIFICATION OF A CELLULOSIC BIOMASS | 2 |
| 30 | Aharon Eyal | IL | Jerusalem | Feb 14, 2013 / 20130040526 - THERMAL REGULATING BUILDING MATERIALS AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS CONTAINING PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS | 2 |
| 31 | Anthony Baiada | GB | Dagenham | Jun 21, 2012 / 20120157676 - Process for removing dimethylamine | 2 |
| 32 | Quang A. Nguyen | US | Chesterfield, MO | May 10, 2012 / 20120111321 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK | 2 |
| 33 | Kentaro Nariai | JP | Yokohama-Shi | Nov 15, 2012 / 20120288927 - BIOMASS TREATMENT DEVICE | 2 |
| 34 | Robert Ashley Cooper Benson | CA | North Bay | Jan 31, 2013 / 20130029406 - TWO STAGE CONTINUOUS PRE-TREATMENT OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS | 2 |
| 35 | Makoto Kitano | JP | Tokyo | Nov 15, 2012 / 20120288927 - BIOMASS TREATMENT DEVICE | 2 |
| 36 | Bertil Stromberg | US | Diamond Point, NY | Apr 25, 2013 / 20130098751 - METHOD FOR THE TORREFACTION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL | 2 |
| 37 | Frank A. Dottori | CA | Temiscaming | Jan 31, 2013 / 20130029406 - TWO STAGE CONTINUOUS PRE-TREATMENT OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS | 2 |
| 38 | Walter Eugene Farion | CA | Calgary | Jul 23, 2009 / 20090183732 - Split-cane apparatus and method of use | 1 |
| 39 | Arend Jouke Kingma | DE | Ludwigshafen | Oct 06, 2011 / 20110240309 - COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR PRODUCTION OF FOAM EXTINGUISHANTS | 1 |
| 40 | Peter Lloyd-Jones | US | Loudon, TN | Sep 23, 2010 / 20100240915 - Pre-Treatment of Crude Alcohol or Furan Feed to a Vapor Permeation Apparatus | 1 |
| 41 | Jeffrey S. Tolan | CA | Ottawa | Jan 10, 2013 / 20130011886 - METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A FERMENTATION PRODUCT FROM LIGNOCELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS | 1 |
| 42 | Richard T. Elander | US | Evergreen, CO | Jul 15, 2010 / 20100178677 - SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR BIOMASS TREATMENT | 1 |
| 43 | Peter Mraz | AT | Klosterneuburg | Aug 23, 2012 / 20120211512 - ASSEMBLY OF NOZZLES AND VALVES AS DISCHARGE PORTS OF A PRESSURIZED VESSEL AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING AND REPLACING THE NOZZLES AND VALVES | 1 |
| 44 | Hiromasa Kusuda | JP | Kobe-Shi | May 23, 2013 / 20130125877 - METHOD AND APPARATUS OF HYDROLYTIC SACCHARIFICATION OF CELLULOSIC BIOMASS | 1 |
| 45 | Atsushi Fukuoka | JP | Hokkaido | Sep 03, 2009 / 20090217922 - Catalyst for Cellulose Hydrolysis and/or Reduction of Cellulose Hydrolysis Products and Method of Producing Sugar Alcohols From Cellulose | 1 |
| 46 | Cargill, Incorporated | US | Wayzata, MN | May 09, 2013 / 20130112192 - LOW-VISCOSITY REDUCED-SUGAR SYRUP, METHODS OF MAKING, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | 1 |
| 47 | Johnway Gao | US | Federal Way, WA | May 16, 2013 / 20130118483 - SOLID LIGNOCELLULOSIC HYDROLYSATE AND METHODS TO PREPARE A SOLID LIGNOCELLULOSIC HYDROLYSATE | 1 |
| 48 | Loren Luppes | US | Estero, FL | Apr 16, 2009 / 20090095286 - Cereal Refining Process | 1 |
| 49 | Benjamin Levie | US | Mercer Island, WA | May 16, 2013 / 20130118483 - SOLID LIGNOCELLULOSIC HYDROLYSATE AND METHODS TO PREPARE A SOLID LIGNOCELLULOSIC HYDROLYSATE | 1 |
| 50 | Lawrence E. Fosdick | US | Troy, MI | Mar 08, 2012 / 20120058236 - SWEETENER COMPOSITION COMPRISING HIGH SOLUBILITY FORM OF REBAUDIOSIDE A AND METHOD OF MAKING | 1 |
| 51 | Kiran L. Kadam | US | Golden, CO | Nov 22, 2012 / 20120291774 - Production of Fermentable Sugars and Lignin from Biomass Using Supercritical Fluids | 1 |
| 52 | Y. H. Percival Zhang | US | Blacksburg, VA | Jul 08, 2010 / 20100170504 - CELLULOSE-SOLVENT-BASED LIGNOCELLULOSE FRACTIONATION WITH MODEST REACTION CONDITIONS AND REAGENT CYCLING | 1 |
| 53 | David E. Severeid | US | Puyallup, WA | Jul 01, 2010 / 20100163018 - FRACTIONATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL USING IONIC LIQUIDS | 1 |
| 54 | Masahiro Umehara | JP | Wakayama | May 03, 2012 / 20120103324 - PROCESS FOR PRODUCING NON-CRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE | 1 |
| 55 | Vladimir Pavlovic | CA | Mississauga | Dec 27, 2012 / 20120325203 - METHOD FOR SCALE REMOVAL DURING A LIGNOCELLULOSIC CONVERSION PROCESS | 1 |
| 56 | Peter L. Nelson | US | Grass Valley, CA | Jun 07, 2012 / 20120141344 - Flow-Through Structure with Active Ingredients | 1 |
| 57 | Lin Wang | US | Iowa City, IA | Jan 31, 2013 / 20130030167 - Production of Resistant Dextrins | 1 |
| 58 | E. Daniel Hubbard | US | West Liberty, IA | Oct 25, 2012 / 20120266869 - Cold-Water Soluble Extruded Starch Product | 1 |
| 59 | Klemens Massonne | DE | Bad Durkheim | Jan 31, 2013 / 20130030066 - POLYMERIC FLAME RETARDANT | 1 |
| 60 | Melvin P. Tucker, Iii | US | Lakewood, CO | Jul 15, 2010 / 20100178677 - SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR BIOMASS TREATMENT | 1 |
| 61 | Robert Henri Marcel Stouffs | IT | Ferrara | Oct 07, 2010 / 20100255307 - MICRONIZATION OF POLYOLS | 1 |
| 62 | Andreas Sebastian Bommarius | US | Atlanta, GA | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120315674 - METHODS OF ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS | 1 |
| 63 | Trevor Essex Cullinger | AU | Queensland | Oct 01, 2009 / 20090241944 - Biomass Processor | 1 |
| 64 | Marc Willems | BE | Tienen-Vissenaken | Sep 08, 2011 / 20110214669 - PROCESS FOR REDUCING THE LIME CONSUMPTION IN SUGAR BEET JUICE PURIFICATION | 1 |
| 65 | David E. Estell | US | San Francisco, CA | Jan 07, 2010 / 20100003366 - Variant Alpha-Amylases from Bacillus Subtilis and Methods of Use, Thereof | 1 |
| 66 | Darrell M. Waite | US | Bangor, ME | Jan 26, 2012 / 20120017891 - System and Method for Conditioning a Hardwood Pulp Liquid Hydrolysate | 1 |
| 67 | Veit Stegmann | DE | Mannheim | May 10, 2012 / 20120116068 - METHOD FOR BREAKING DOWN CELLULOSE IN SOLUTION | 1 |
| 68 | Eric A. Marion | US | Decatur, IL | Oct 07, 2010 / 20100252031 - Enzyme-Resistant Starch and Method for Its Production | 1 |
| 69 | Francisco Javier Silanes Kenny | GB | Banbury | Mar 14, 2013 / 20130061848 - Coffee Treatment Method | 1 |
| 70 | Murray J. Burke | US | | Jan 20, 2011 / 20110011391 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE HEAT TREATMENT OF A CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCK UPSTREAM OF HYDROLYSIS | 1 |
| 71 | Keelnatham Shanmugam | US | Gainesville, FL | Apr 25, 2013 / 20130098356 - METHODS OF USING CELLULASE FOR REDUCING THE VISCOSITY OF FEEDSTOCK | 1 |
| 72 | Tetsuya Ito | JP | Kanagawa | Jan 29, 2009 / 20090030194 - Process for Production of Glucuronic Acid and/or Glucuronolactone | 1 |
| 73 | Melanie Maas-Brunner | DE | Mannheim | Sep 04, 2008 / 20080210222 - RUTHENIUM CATALYSTS | 1 |
| 74 | Mark Andrew Harmer | US | Landenberg, PA | May 24, 2012 / 20120130088 - N-Substituted Pyrrolidonium Ionic Liquids with Expanded Linker | 1 |
| 75 | John P. Locke, Iii | US | Woodcliff Lake, NJ | Dec 01, 2011 / 20110293788 - Process for Making Enzyme-Resistant Starch for Reduced-Calorie Flour Replacer | 1 |
| 76 | Richard Arnold | US | Milford, ME | Jan 26, 2012 / 20120017891 - System and Method for Conditioning a Hardwood Pulp Liquid Hydrolysate | 1 |
| 77 | Sean Connolly | US | Madison, WI | Dec 20, 2012 / 20120318258 - SOLVOLYSIS OF BIOMASS TO PRODUCE AQUEOUS AND ORGANIC PRODUCTS | 1 |
| 78 | Michael Madson | US | Garner, IA | Mar 07, 2013 / 20130059393 - AFFINITY/LECTIN CHROMATOGRAPHY METHODS | 1 |
| 79 | James St. Pierre | US | Milford, ME | Jan 26, 2012 / 20120017891 - System and Method for Conditioning a Hardwood Pulp Liquid Hydrolysate | 1 |
| 80 | Patricia A. Richmond | US | Mount Zion, IL | Oct 07, 2010 / 20100252031 - Enzyme-Resistant Starch and Method for Its Production | 1 |
| 81 | Valerie Gay Chadbourne | CA | North Bay | Nov 18, 2010 / 20100288269 - PROCESS FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF CONCENTRATED SUGARY SYRUP WITH LOW ENERGY REQUIREMENT | 1 |
| 82 | Ulrike Funke | DE | Detmold | Sep 25, 2008 / 20080230050 - Method for the physical treatment of starch (derivatives) | 1 |
| 83 | Jai Parkash Singh | IN | Panchkula | Mar 05, 2009 / 20090056706 - Vertical Continuous Vacuum Pan | 1 |
| 84 | Shib S. Basu | US | Apex, NC | Dec 31, 2009 / 20090320831 - SELF PROCESSING PLANTS AND PLANT PARTS | 1 |
| 85 | Christopher J. Batie | US | Durham, NC | Dec 31, 2009 / 20090320831 - SELF PROCESSING PLANTS AND PLANT PARTS | 1 |
| 86 | Paul Joseph Van Hove | NL | Graauw | Oct 06, 2011 / 20110240010 - PROCESS USING HYDROCYCLONES | 1 |
| 87 | Kari Parviainen | FI | Espoo | May 09, 2013 / 20130112193 - PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MICROCELLULOSE | 1 |
| 88 | Claudia C. Geddes | US | Raleigh, NC | Apr 25, 2013 / 20130098356 - METHODS OF USING CELLULASE FOR REDUCING THE VISCOSITY OF FEEDSTOCK | 1 |
| 89 | Pietro Foraci | IT | Mazara Del Vallo (tp) | Mar 03, 2011 / 20110048413 - PROCESS AND PLANT FOR PRODUCING SUGAR PRODUCTS FROM GRAPES | 1 |
| 90 | Jin Hee Park | KR | Gyeonggi-Do | May 31, 2012 / 20120132197 - Method for Preparing Fibrous Starch with Enhanced Emulsifying Capacity and Low-fat Mayonnaise and Margarine Compositions Using the Same | 1 |
| 91 | Dirk Heinen | CA | Edmonton | Nov 22, 2012 / 20120291775 - Method of Treating Honey | 1 |
| 92 | Giovanni Cipolletti | IT | Milano | May 24, 2012 / 20120129802 - PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ULTRAPURE GALACTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES | 1 |
| 93 | Wiley D. Bradford | US | Yankton, SD | Apr 07, 2011 / 20110079219 - BIOMASS PRETREATMENT | 1 |
| 94 | Marco Cotti Comettini | IT | Trivero (biella) | May 03, 2012 / 20120104313 - BIOMASS PRETREATMENT PROCESS | 1 |
| 95 | Asko Karppi | FI | Turku | May 09, 2013 / 20130112193 - PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MICROCELLULOSE | 1 |
| 96 | Naresh Mahamuni | US | Nevada City, CA | Dec 13, 2012 / 20120315211 - Acoustic Processing of Carbon and Graphite Particulates | 1 |
| 97 | Bruce E. Dale | US | Mason, MI | Dec 27, 2012 / 20120325202 - PROCESS FOR THE TREATMENT OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS | 1 |
| 98 | Heikki Heikkilä | FI | Espoo | Jul 09, 2009 / 20090173339 - SEPARATION PROCESS | 1 |
| 99 | Lynn Haynes | US | Morris Plains, NJ | Nov 01, 2012 / 20120276268 - PRODUCTION OF LOW CALORIE, EXTRUDED, EXPANDED FOODS HAVING A HIGH FIBER CONTENT | 1 |
| 100 | Amr R. Toppozada | US | San Francisco, CA | Jun 21, 2012 / 20120156733 - GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS ALPHA AMYLASE (AMYS) VARIANTS WITH IMPROVED PROPERTIES | 1 |