Patents Examined by Christian L. Fronda
  • Patent number: 11976284
    Abstract: A method of producing a protein of interest (POI) by culturing a recombinant eukaryotic cell line comprising an expression construct comprising a regulatable promoter and a nucleic acid molecule encoding a POI under the transcriptional control of said promoter, comprising the steps a) cultivating the cell line with a basal carbon source repressing the promoter, b) cultivating the cell line with a limited amount of a supplemental carbon source de-repressing the promoter to induce production of the POI at a transcription rate of at least 15% as compared to the native pGAP promoter, and c) producing and recovering the POI; and further an isolated regulatable promoter and a respective expression system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LONZA LTD
    Inventors: Diethard Mattanovich, Brigitte Gasser, Michael Maurer, Roland Prielhofer, Joachim Klein, Jana Wenger
  • Patent number: 11976315
    Abstract: The invention provides recombinant algal mutants that have a genetic modification to a gene or nucleic acid sequence encoding a WD40 repeat containing protein or domain. The genetic modification of one or more nucleic acid sequences encoding a WD40 repeat containing protein or domain results in a mutant organism with increased lipid productivity and/or higher biomass productivity (as measured by total organic carbon). The genetic modification can be a gene attenuation or functional deletion. The lipid products of these mutants can be utilized as biofuels or for other specialty chemical products. Methods of making and using the recombinant algal mutants and methods of producing lipids are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Viridos, Inc.
    Inventors: Saheed Imam, Eric R. Moellering, Luke Peach, William F. Lambert, Kathleen Kwok
  • Patent number: 11965143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes of recovering oil after liquefaction and/or from thin stillage and/or syrup/evaporated centrate from a fermentation product production process by adding a thermostable protease to the whole stillage, thin stillage and/or syrup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Nathaniel Kreel, Joseph Jump
  • Patent number: 11965181
    Abstract: Recombinant microorganisms, plants, and plant cells are disclosed that have been engineered to have reduced levels or activity of one or more alcohol dehydrogenases or aldehyde reductases thereby increasing the production of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids and/or benzylisoquinoline alkaloid precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: RIVER STONE BIOTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Esben Halkjaer Hansen, Markus Schwab, Philipp Berninger, Fanny Delgrange, Franziska Grassinger
  • Patent number: 11952577
    Abstract: Provided herein compositions and methods for producing isoprenoids, including squalene. In certain aspects and embodiments provided are genetically converted yeast and uses therefore. In some aspects and embodiments, the genetically converted yeast produce isoprenoids, preferably squalene. Also are provided methods of producing squalene using a genetically converted yeast or a non-genetically converted yeast. The invention also provides squalene produced by genetically converted yeast or non-genetically converted yeast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NUCELIS LLC
    Inventors: Keith A. Walker, Mark E. Knuth, Noel M. Fong, Peter R. Beetham
  • Patent number: 11946079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a protein hydrolysate using a polypeptide having endopeptidase activity and a polypeptide having carboxypeptidase activity and the use of these enzymes for hydrolysing a protein substrate. In addition, the present invention relates to polypeptides having carboxypeptidase activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Hanne Vang Hendriksen, Gitte Budolfsen Lynglev, Henrik Frisner, Ciu Liu, Ye Liu, Eduardo Antonio Della Pia, Hans Peter Heldt-Hansen, Kenneth Jensen, Wei Peng, Ming Li
  • Patent number: 11946091
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for processing a plant material, such as Cannabis and/or hemp. An example method includes: providing a slurry of plant material; providing an inert gas; adding the slurry and the inert gas to a tank; applying heat and pressure to the slurry inside the tank to generate a processed plant material; removing the processed plant material from the tank; and drying the processed plant material in a dryer to produce a dried product comprising cannabidiol (CBD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: E. & J. Gallo Winery
    Inventors: Jorge Ortiz, Nathan Keeley, Dan Burgess
  • Patent number: 11939552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes of recovering oil after liquefaction and/or from thin stillage and/or syrup/evaporated centrate from a fermentation product production process by adding a thermostable protease to the whole stillage, thin stillage and/or syrup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Nathaniel Edward Kreel, Joseph Mark Jump
  • Patent number: 11939600
    Abstract: This invention provides a range of translatable polynucleotide and oligomer molecules for expressing a human phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH), or a fragment thereof having PAH activity. The polynucleotide and oligomer molecules are expressible to provide the human PAH or a fragment thereof having PAH activity. The molecules can be used as active agents to express an active polypeptide or protein in cells or subjects. The agents can be used in methods for ameliorating, preventing, delaying onset, or treating a disease or condition associated with phenylketonuria, decreased metabolism of phenylalanine, or increased levels of phenylalanine in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Tachikawa, Carlos Gustavo Perez-Garcia, Padmanabh Chivukula, Hari Bhaskaran, Sean Christopher Daugherty, Christian W. Cobaugh
  • Patent number: 11932882
    Abstract: The application provides compositions including engineered reverse transcriptases with at least one altered reverse-transcriptase related activity. The engineered reverse transcriptases or reverse transcription enzymes unexpectedly exhibit one or more altered reverse transcriptase related activities such as but not limited to altered template switching efficiency, altered transcription efficiency or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: 10X GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Sonya A. Clark, Derek Hunter Vallejo, Carolina Cuellar, Katherine Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 11932860
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an alkaline phosphatase (ALP), the method including a step of: culturing an Aspergillus transformant capable of producing the ALP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Kikkoman Corporation
    Inventor: Junya Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11932889
    Abstract: Culturing S. glucoliberatum PABB004 under conditions effective for the S. glucoliberatum PABB004 to secrete simple sugars into culture medium. In one or more embodiments, the conditions include a pH of 6.0 to 8.5. In some cases, the culture can include a second organism. A co-culture includes S. glucoliberatum PABB004 and a second organism, wherein the co-culture has a pH of 6.0 or greater. In one or more embodiments, the second organism is selected to produce a product of interest such as, for example, ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
    Inventors: Brett M. Barney, Evelyn Vogel, Natalia Calixto Mancipe
  • Patent number: 11920174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to analysis of an RNA molecule. It further relates to the use of this method for the quality control of an RNA molecule produced by in vitro transcription or for the quality control of an RNA molecule produced by chemical synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CureVac SE
    Inventors: Fabian Johannes Eber, Aniela Wochner, Tilmann Roos
  • Patent number: 11920166
    Abstract: Described herein are variant, novel cannabinoid synthases, nucleic acids encoding same, and various uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: RENEW BIOPHARMA, INC.
    Inventors: Kyle Botsch, Craig Behnke, Karla Gonzalez, Matthew Saunders, Michael Mendez
  • Patent number: 11918000
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fungi, a culture filtrate thereof and a polysaccharide and their applications in inducing or priming plant resistance to viruses. Aspects of the present disclosure provides a cultured filtrate, derived from a fungus belonging to the genus Trichosporon, induces strong resistance to various viruses on different plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ACADEMIA SINICA
    Inventors: Hsin-Hung Yeh, Yi-Shu Chiu
  • Patent number: 11913036
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered acetate kinase (AcK) enzymes, polypeptides having AcK activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing AcK enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the AcK enzymes and methods of using the engineered AcK enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Margie Tabuga Borra-Garske, Oscar Alvizo, Lillian Jasmine Miller, Aksiniya Lyubenova Petkova
  • Patent number: 11913041
    Abstract: The invention relates to the uses of a new characterized TET protein showed restricted to N-terminus glycine residues exopeptidase. The invention also relates to a method comprising said use of said new characterized TET protein as a N-terminus glycine residues specific exopeptidase. The invention further relates to a support wherein it is immobilized on said new characterized TET protein as a N-terminus glycine residues specific exopeptidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES
    Inventors: Bruno Franzetti, Eric Girard, Alexandre Appolaire, Hind Basbous
  • Patent number: 11898178
    Abstract: Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) has been confirmed as a specific receptor for several ? group coronaviruses include severe respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (SARS-CoV-1) and recently the causative agent for the World pandemic CoVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, and low pathogenic coronavirus of HCoV-NL63, a member in ?-coronavirus group. Viral spike protein (S) of viral envelope is confirmed to bind to ACE2 as viral receptor to start a virus replication cycle. The present invention provides ACE2 and its mutants or variants, the viral or non-viral vectors thereof. Methods of treatment of viral infection of a human subject by using such mutants or variants are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AVIRMAX, INC.
    Inventor: Shengjiang Liu
  • Patent number: 11896969
    Abstract: Chromatography resins having anionic exchange-hydrophobic mixed mode ligands and methods of using such resins are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Belisle, Xuemei He, Hong Chen, Yueping Xu, Jiali Liao
  • Patent number: 11898190
    Abstract: A method for producing a microbial oil includes steps of: genetically modifying a labyrinthulid by disrupting and/or silencing a gene, or by transforming another gene in addition to the disruption and/or gene silencing of the gene, and culturing the labyrinthulid, such that a fatty acid composition accumulated in the labyrinthulid comprises an increased EPA content; and collecting the microbial oil having the increased EPA content from the labyrinthulid. The labyrinthulid before the modification is selected from (A) a labyrinthulid belonging to the genus Parietichytrium or genus Schizochytrium and having very weak or no activity of producing PUFAs via a PUFA-PKS pathway; and (B) a labyrinthulid belonging to the genus Thraustochytrium in which a host PUFA-PKS gene is disrupted or silenced to a very weak level. The increased EPA content is preferably not less than 11.5% of a total fatty acid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, KONAN GAKUEN, NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Okita, Makoto Ito, Rie Hamaguchi, Hatsumi Goda, Seiya Mochinaga, Daisuke Honda