PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15957242
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["435", "095000"]

Abstract:
An improved dry grind system and method for producing a sugar stream from grains or similar carbohydrate sources and/or residues, such as for biochemical production. In particular, after saccharification and prior to a sugar conversion process, a sugar/carbohydrate stream is removed from a saccharified stream. The sugar/carbohydrate stream includes a desired Dextrose Equivalent (DE) where DE describes the degree of conversion of starch to dextrose can be produced, with the such sugar stream being available for biochemical production, e.g., alcohol production, or other processes. In addition, the systems and methods also can involve the removal of certain grain components, e.g., corn kernel components, including protein and/or fiber. Sugar stream production occurs on the front end of the system and method.

Claim (Index 31):
A method for producing a sugar stream comprising:\n mixing ground grain particles with a liquid to provide a slurry; separating the slurry into an initial solids portion and an initial liquid portion, subjecting the initial solids portion to liquefaction to provide a first liquefied starch solution including starch and subjecting at least a portion of the initial liquid portion to a separate liquefaction step to provide a second liquefied starch solution including starch; thereafter, subjecting the second liquefied starch solution to saccharification to convert the starch to simple sugars and produce a saccharified stream including the simple sugars; and after saccharification of the second liquefied starch solution but prior to further processing of the simple sugars, separating the saccharified stream into a solids portion and a liquid portion including the simple sugars, wherein the separated liquid portion from the saccharified stream defines a sugar stream having a dextrose equivalent of at least 20 DE and a total unfermentable solids fraction that is less than or equal to 30% of a total solids content, and wherein at least a portion of the separated solids portion from the saccharified stream is subjected to liquefaction along with the initial solids portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.68293
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15074417', '15230280', '13377353', '14690509', '13428263']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6362399977209718
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5761810023668142
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6302340981855561
- Mean Citation Score: 423.8834779999999
- Max Citation Score: 498.95413
- Similarity Product: 383.1028265624398

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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