Patents by Inventor Jennifer Mon Yee Fung

Jennifer Mon Yee Fung has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • PROCESSING BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20170022530
    Abstract: Provided are methods of inducing enzymes, and for treating cellulosic and lignocellulosic biomass with the enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Marshall MEDOFF, Thomas Craig MASTERMAN, Aiichiro YOSHIDA, Jennifer Mon Yee FUNG, James J. LYNCH
  • Process for production of alcohols by microbial fermentation
    Patent number: 8658408
    Abstract: The invention provides method for producing butanediol and specifically 2,3-butanediol by anaerobic fermentation of a gaseous substrate comprising CO by a culture of at least one micro-organism. In accordance with particular methods of the invention, 2,3-butanediol is produced by anaerobic fermentation of substrates including carbohydrates and carbon monoxide. The invention further provides for the up-regulation of a native 2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase gene in the at least one micro-organism. The 2,3-butanediol can be further converted to compounds such as butene(s), butadiene and methyl ethyl ketone. These compounds can be further converted to chemical products such as 2-butanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Lanza Tech New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Sean Dennis Simpson, Loan Phuong Tran, Christophe Daniel Mihalcea, Jennifer Mon Yee Fung, FungMin Liew, Shane Fleming
  • Optimised Fermentation Media
    Publication number: 20130230894
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in the production of alcohols by microbial fermentation, particularly to production of alcohols by microbial fermentation of a substrate comprising CO. It more particularly relates to the addition of an inorganic sulfur source to a fermentation system such that one or more micro-organisms convert a substrate comprising CO to alcohols. In a particular embodiment, a microbial culture is provided with sodium polysulfide, wherein a substrate comprising CO is converted to products including ethanol and 2,3-butanediol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: LanzaTech New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Christophe Daniel Mihalcea, Jennifer Mon Yee Fung, Bakir Al-Sinawi, Loan Phuong Tran
  • Microbial alcohol production process
    Patent number: 8119378
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of alcohols by microbial fermentation, particularly to production of alcohols by microbial fermentation of substrates comprising CO. It more particularly relates to processes for the production of alcohols from their corresponding acids in the presence of a substrate comprising CO. In particular embodiments, a fermentation reaction producing acid(s) and optionally alcohol(s) is perturbed such that at least a portion one or more of acid(s) is converted to alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: LanzaTech New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Sean Dennis Simpson, Christophe Collet, Phuong Loan Tran, Bakir Al-Sinawi, Richard Llewellyn Sydney Forster, Matthew James Rowe, Gary Chan, Kelly Marie Mahar, Jennifer Mon Yee Fung
  • OPTIMISED FERMENTATION MEDIA
    Publication number: 20110300593
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in the production of alcohols by microbial fermentation, particularly to production of alcohols by microbial fermentation of a substrate comprising CO. It more particularly relates to the provision of an inorganic organic sulfur source to a fermentation system such that one or more micro-organisms convert a substrate comprising CO to alcohols. In a particular embodiment, a microbial culture is provided with sodium polysulfide, wherein a substrate comprising CO is converted to products including ethanol and 2,3-butanediol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: LanzaTech New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Christophe Daniel Mihalcea, Jennifer Mon Yee Fung, Bakir Al-Sinawi, Phuong Loan Tran
  • PRODUCTION OF BUTANEDIOL BY ANAEROBIC MICROBIAL FERMENTATION
    Publication number: 20110144393
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for producing 2,3-butanediol by anaerobic fermentation. According to particular methods of the invention, 2,3-butanediol is produced by anaerobic fermentation of substrates including carbohydrate and carbon monoxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Lanza Tech New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Sean Dennis Simpson, Phuong Loan Tran, Christophe Daniel Mihalcea, Jennifer Mon Yee Fung, Fungmin Liew
  • MICROBIAL ALCOHOL PRODUCTION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20110059499
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of alcohols by microbial fermentation, particularly to production of alcohols by microbial fermentation of substrates comprising CO. It more particularly relates to processes for the production of alcohols from their corresponding acids in the presence of a substrate comprising CO. In particular embodiments, a fermentation reaction producing acid(s) and optionally alcohol(s) is perturbed such that at least a portion one or more of acid(s) is converted to alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Lanza Tech New Zealand Limited
    Inventors: Sean Dennis Simpson, Christophe Collet, Phuong Loan Tran, Bakir Al-Sinawi, Richard Llewellyn Sydney Forster, Matthew James Rowe, Gary Chan, Kelly Marie Mahar, Jennifer Mon Yee Fung