Patents Examined by Delia M. Ramirez
  • Patent number: 11499146
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is one or more subtilisin variant, nucleic acid encoding same, and compositions and methods related to the production and use thereof, including one or more Bacillus gibsonii-clade subtilisin variant that has improved stability and/or soil removal compared to one or more reference subtilisin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: DANISCO US INC.
    Inventors: Lilia Maria Babe, Richard R. Bott, David A. Estell, Harm Mulder, Frits Goedegebuur, Jian Yao, Sina Pricelius, Miles Scotcher
  • Patent number: 11485987
    Abstract: A method for catalytically converting a dihydrotetrazine 1 into a tetrazine 2, wherein the dihydrotetrazine 1 comprises a first R group and a second R group, wherein the first R group is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, carbonyl, or heteroatom-containing group, and the second R group is selected from the group consisting of H and substituted or unsubstituted aryl, heteroaryl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, carbonyl, and heteroatom-containing groups; wherein the method comprises (a) providing the dihydrotetrazine 1 in a reaction medium, and (b) adding an enzyme as a catalyst and an oxidant to the reaction medium, whereby the dihydrotetrazine 1 is converted to the tetrazine 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: University of Delaware
    Inventors: Joseph M. Fox, Colin Thorpe, Amanda M. Tallon, Yixin Xie, William Trout, Ashlyn S. Cantrel, Julia E. Rosenberger
  • Patent number: 11479761
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of genetic engineering tools, methods and techniques for gene or genome editing. Specifically, the invention concerns isolated polypeptides having nuclease activity, host cells and expression vectors comprising nucleic acids encoding said polypeptides as well as methods of cleaving and editing target nucleic acids in a sequence-specific manner. The polypeptides, nucleic acids, expression vectors, host cells and methods of the present invention have application in many fields of biotechnology, including, for example, synthetic biology and gene therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITEIT
    Inventor: John Van Der Oost
  • Patent number: 11479778
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of gene engineering and particularly relates to a method for constructing non-de novo synthesized Mucor circinelloides recombinant strain with high lipid yield, recombinant strain constructed by method, and application of recombinant strain. According to the present invention, a diacylglycerol acyltransferase gene (DGAT) is overexpressed in Mucor circinelloides WJ11 by a homologous recombination technology, and exogenous oil is added for fermentation, such that the non-de novo synthesized Mucor circinelloides recombinant strain with high lipid yield is constructed. Compared with the control strain Mc2075, the fat yield of the Mucor circinelloides is increased; and when the diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) is transformed into the uracil defective type of Mucor circinelloides WJ11, the fatty acid composition changes after fermentation, and the lipid content may reach 53% of dry cell weight after the fermentation condition is optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yuanda Song, Caili Sun, Huaiyuan Zhang, Wu Yang, Meiling Chen
  • Patent number: 11479756
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Liang, Stephane J. Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Charlene Ching, John M. Gruber, Anke Krebber, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Patent number: 11472861
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to compositions comprising anti-VEGF proteins and methods for producing such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Lawrence, Amy Johnson, Meghan Casey, Jaimie Mastrogiacomo, Shunhai Wang, Ning Li
  • Patent number: 11473111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to recombinant Corynebacterium having 1,3-PDO productivity and reduced 3-HP productivity, and a method for producing 1,3-PDO by using same. When a Corynebacterium glutamicum variant according to the present invention is used, the productivity of 3-HP, which is a by-product, is inhibited by using low-cost glycerol as a carbon source, and thus 1,3-PDO can be produced with high efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Yup Lee, Jae Sung Cho, Je Woong Kim, Cindy Pricilia Surya Prabowo, Taehee Han, Yoo Sung Ko
  • Patent number: 11459588
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides DNA-guided CRISPR systems; polynucleotides comprising DNA, RNA and mixtures thereof for use with CRISPR systems; and methods of use involving such polynucleotides and DNA-guided CRISPR systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: CARIBOU BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Paul May, Paul Daniel Donohoue
  • Patent number: 11459555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of purifying native ubiquitin without acid or heat treatment. The method presented here is designed to overcome limitations of acid or heat based ubiquitin purification in two different points of view. First, it decreases a chance of mixing other proteins resistant to acids or heat. Second, it includes no harsh condition, which might denature the ubiquitin. As a result, the purification of native ubiquitin becomes possible. The ubiquitin obtained herein is expected to be used for various purposes in technical fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Cheol-Sang Hwang, The Kha Nguyen, Da-Som Kim
  • Patent number: 11447758
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns polynucleotides and amino acids of Acidaminococcus sp. Cas12a (Cpf1) and methods for their use for genome editing in eukaryotic cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: INTEGRATED DNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Liyang Zhang, Christopher Anthony Vakulskas, Nicole Mary Bode, Michael Allen Collingwood, Kristin Renee Beltz, Mark Aaron Behlke
  • Patent number: 11441165
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the production of steviol glycosides rebaudioside J and rebaudioside N through the use of rebaudioside A as a substrate and a biosynthetic pathway involving various 1,2 RhaT-rhamnosyltransferases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Conagen Inc.
    Inventors: Guohong Mao, Michael Batten, Phillip Hunt, Oliver (Xiaodan) Yu
  • Patent number: 11441135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificially engineered CRISPR/Cas9 system. More particularly, the present invention relates to an artificially engineered CRISPR enzyme having enhanced target specificity and a use of an artificially engineered CRISPR/Cas9 system including the same enzyme in genome and/or epigenome manipulation or modification, genome targeting, genome editing, and in vitro diagnosis, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOOLGEN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Young-Hoon Kim, Min Hee Jung, Joonsun Lee, Eunji Shin, Kang In Lee, Seokjoong Kim, Jeongjoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11427811
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a variant pullulanase, wherein the pullulanase comprises at least the following combination of substitutions: N368G+N393A+Q431E+L432F+A492A,S+N610R+G624S+T631S+S632C, and optionally further comprises N222P+Q252A+Q256R; wherein the variant has pullulanase activity, and wherein the variants have at least 85%, at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, or at least 99%, but less than 100% sequence identity to the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 3. Further aspect the present invention relates to a process for liquefying starch-containing material at a temperature above the initial gelatinization temperature using an alpha-amylase and a thermo-stable pullulanase of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Tomoko Matsui, Suzanne Clark, Aki Tomiki
  • Patent number: 11421189
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing cleaning composition having a new protease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lilia Maria Babe, Frits Goedegebuur, Thijs Kaper, Sina Pricelius, Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa, Michelle Jackson, Carly Pickering, Philip Frank Souter
  • Patent number: 11390896
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing L-methionine by fermentation using a bacterium belonging to the genus Pantoea which has been modified to overexpress the rarD gene or a mutant gene thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: AJINOMOTO CO., INC.
    Inventor: Mikhail Kharisovich Ziyatdinov
  • Patent number: 11390898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cellobiohydrolase variants and carbohydrate binding module variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Peter Westh, Kim Borch, Trine Soerensen, Michael Windahl, Brett McBrayer
  • Patent number: 11390895
    Abstract: An ultrasonic-assisted method for preparing phosphatidylserine, comprising the following steps: adding 100-130 parts of phospholipid into a mixture of 150-200 parts of L-serine, 10-20 parts of anhydrous calcium chloride and 400-500 parts of pure water, adding 20-25 parts of phospholipase D for enzymatic hydrolysis reaction, and applying ultrasound in the enzymatic hydrolysis reaction for treatment. The present invention uses an ultrasonic treatment technology to assist phospholipase D to act on phosphatidylcholine and serine to undergo an enzymatic hydrolysis reaction to prepare phosphatidylserine, and at the same time, the ultrasonic frequency, ultrasonic intensity, ultrasonic power, ultrasonic time, ultrasonic temperature, enzyme activity and other parameters are controlled synergistically, so that the enzymatic hydrolysis conversion rate is 98% or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NANTONG LICHENG BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING CO. LTD
    Inventors: Yi Sun, Hongzhi Xia, Jiangbo Li, Bo Tang, Feng Jin, Yulei Zhu
  • Patent number: 11384374
    Abstract: The present invention relates to genetically engineered organisms, especially microorganisms such as bacteria and yeasts, for the production of added value bio-products such as specialty saccharide, activated saccharide, nucleoside, glycoside, glycolipid or glycoprotein. More specifically, the present invention relates to host cells that are metabolically engineered so that they can produce said valuable specialty products in large quantities and at a high rate by bypassing classical technical problems that occur in biocatalytical or fermentative production processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: INBIOSE N.V.
    Inventors: Jo Maertens, Joeri Beauprez, Marjan De Mey
  • Patent number: 11384343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing armodafinil, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. The non-naturally occurring polypeptides of the present invention are effective in carrying out biocatalytic conversion of the (i) 2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetamide to (?)-2-[(R)-(diphenylmethyl)sulfinyl]acetamide (armodafinil), or (ii) benzhydryl-thioacetic acid to (R)-2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetic acid, which is a pivotal intermediate in the synthesis of armodafinil, in enantiomeric excess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Ee Lui Ang, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Michael D. Clay, Steven J. Collier, Ellen D. Eberhard, Fu Fan, Shiwei Song, Derek J. Smith, Magnus Widegren, Robert Wilson, Junye Xu, Jun Zhu
  • Patent number: 11377673
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Haibin Chen, Steven J. Collier, Jovana Nazor, Joly Sukumaran, Derek Smith, Jeffrey C. Moore, Gregory Hughes, Jacob Janey, Gjalt W. Huisman, Scott J. Novick, Nicholas J. Agard, Oscar Alvizo, Gregory A. Cope, Wan Lin Yeo, Stefanie Ng Minor