Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
A process for producing hydrogen peroxide and 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, comprising, reacting D-glucose in aqueous solution with oxygen and a first enzyme selected from the group consisting of pyranose-2-oxidase, glucose-2-oxidase, and glucose-1-oxidase to catalize oxidation of one of the first and second carbons of the D-glucose and produce an intermediate product comprising D-glucosone or D-glucono-δ-lactone, reacting the intermediate product in aqueous solution with oxygen and a second enzyme selected from the group consisting of pyranose-2-oxidase and glucose-1-oxidase to catalyze oxidation of the other of the first and second carbons of the intermediate product and produce hydrogen peroxide and 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, and recovering the 2-keto-D-gluconic acid.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
A process for producing hydrogen peroxide and 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, comprising, reacting D-glucose in aqueous solution with oxygen and a first enzyme selected from the group consisting of pyranose-2-oxidase, glucose-2-oxidase, and glucose-1-oxidase to catalize oxidation of one of the first and second carbons of the D-glucose and produce an intermediate product comprising D-glucosone or D-glucono-δ-lactone, reacting the intermediate product in aqueous solution with oxygen and a second enzyme selected from the group consisting of pyranose-2-oxidase and glucose-1-oxidase to catalyze oxidation of the other of the first and second carbons of the intermediate product and produce hydrogen peroxide and 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, and recovering the 2-keto-D-gluconic acid.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process of claim 1 wherein D-isoascorbic acid is co-produced with the 2-keto-D-gluconic acid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the intermediate product formed is D-glucosone.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 3 wherein the D-glucosone is formed using an enzyme selected from the group consisting of glucose-2-oxidase and pyranose-2oxidase.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 3 wherein the D-glucosone is oxidized to 2-keto-D-gluconic acid using the enzyme glucose-1-oxidase.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the intermediate product formed is D-glucono-δ-lactone.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the D-glucono-δ-lactone is formed using the enzyme glucose-1-oxidase.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 6 wherein the D-glucono-δ-lactone is oxidized to 2-keto-D-gluconic acid using the enzyme pyranose-2-oxidase resulting in co-production of D-isoascorbic acid.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
76 words
A new process for producing hydrogen peroxide and 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, comprising, reacting D-glucose in aqueous solution with oxygen and a first enzyme selected from the group consisting of pyranose-2-oxidase and glucose-2-oxidase to catalize oxidation of the second carbon of the D-glucose and produce D-glucosone, reacting the D-glucosone in aqueous solution with oxygen and glucose-1-oxidase to catalyze oxidation of the first carbon of the D-glucosone and produce hydrogen peroxide and 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, and recovering the 2-keto-D-gluconic acid.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
76 words
A new process for producing hydrogen peroxide and 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, comprising, reacting D-glucose in aqueous solution with oxygen and a first enzyme selected from the group consisting of pyranose-2-oxidase and glucose-2-oxidase to catalize oxidation of the second carbon of the D-glucose and produce D-glucosone, reacting the D-glucosone in aqueous solution with oxygen and glucose-1-oxidase to catalyze oxidation of the first carbon of the D-glucosone and produce hydrogen peroxide and 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, and recovering the 2-keto-D-gluconic acid.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
66 words
A process for producing hydrogen peroxide and 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, comprising, reacting D-glucose in aqueous solution with oxygen and glucose-1-oxidase to catalize oxidation of the first carbon of the D-glucose and produce D-glucono-δ-lactone, reacting the D-glucono-δ-lactone in aqueous solution with oxygen and pyranose-2-oxidase to catalyze oxidation of the second carbon of the D-glucono-δ-lactone and produce hydrogen peroxide, 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, and D-isoascorbic acid, and recovering the 2-keto-D-gluconic acid.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
66 words
A process for producing hydrogen peroxide and 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, comprising, reacting D-glucose in aqueous solution with oxygen and glucose-1-oxidase to catalize oxidation of the first carbon of the D-glucose and produce D-glucono-δ-lactone, reacting the D-glucono-δ-lactone in aqueous solution with oxygen and pyranose-2-oxidase to catalyze oxidation of the second carbon of the D-glucono-δ-lactone and produce hydrogen peroxide, 2-keto-D-gluconic acid, and D-isoascorbic acid, and recovering the 2-keto-D-gluconic acid.