Patents by Inventor Jonathan K. Lassila

Jonathan K. Lassila 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).

  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20230227803
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods relating to variant alpha-amylases. The variant alpha-amylases are useful, for example, for starch liquefaction and saccharification, for cleaning starchy stains in laundry, dishwashing, and other applications, for textile processing (e.g., desizing), in animal feed for improving digestibility, and for baking and brewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan K. Lassila, Sandra W. Ramer
  • VARIANT ALPHA-AMYLASES HAVING AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTIONS THAT LOWER THE PKA OF THE GENERAL ACID
    Publication number: 20230174962
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods relating to variant ?-amylases. The variant ?-amylases are useful, for example, for starch liquefaction and saccharification, cleaning starchy stains, textile desizing, baking and brewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan K. LASSILA, Patrica TRAN
  • ?-Amylase variants
    Patent number: 11441139
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods relating to variant alpha-amylases. The variant alpha-amylases are useful, for example, for starch liquefaction and saccharification, for cleaning starchy stains in laundry, dishwashing, and other applications, for textile processing (e.g., desizing), in animal feed for improving digestibility, and for baking and brewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: DANISCO US INC (157111)
    Inventors: Jonathan K. Lassila, Sandra W. Ramer
  • Methods for producing microcompartments
    Patent number: 11198880
    Abstract: To produce a bacterial microcompartment shell, or a designed shell based on naturally occurring bacterial microcompartment shells in a new host organism, a synthetic operon is constructed that contains the desired shell protein genes and translation efficiency is controlled by host specific ribosomal binding sites. Proteins or other molecules can be encapsulated in the microcompartment shells by various methods described herein. The constructs can also be used to express self-assembling sheets comprised of shell proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Jonathan K. Lassila, James N. Kinney, Markus Sutter, Steven C. Wilson
  • ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20210189363
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods relating to variant alpha-amylases. The variant alpha-amylases are useful, for example, for starch liquefaction and saccharification, for cleaning starchy stains in laundry, dishwashing, and other applications, for textile processing (e.g., desizing), in animal feed for improving digestibility, and for baking and brewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan K. Lassila, Sandra W. Ramer
  • Variant enzymes
    Patent number: 10479983
    Abstract: Disclosed are glycosyl hydrolase enzyme variants, particularly variants of certain oxidoreductases of glycosyl hydrolase family 61. Nucleic acids encoding the glycosyl hydrolyase variants, compositions including the glycosyl hydrolase variants, methods of producing the variants, and methods of using the variants are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: DANISCO US INC
    Inventors: Nicholai Douglas, Maria Foukaraki, Ronaldus Wilhelmus Hommes, Thijs Kaper, Bradley R. Kelemen, Slavko Kralj, Suzanne E. Lantz, Jonathan K. Lassila, Igor Nikolaev, Daniel Esteban Torres-Pazmino, Wilhelmus Van Der Kley, Johannes Franciscus Thomas Van Lieshout, Sander Van Stigt Thans
  • METHODS FOR PRODUCING MICROCOMPARTMENTS
    Publication number: 20170107523
    Abstract: To produce a bacterial microcompartment shell, or a designed shell based on naturally occurring bacterial microcompartment shells in a new host organism, a synthetic operon is constructed that contains the desired shell protein genes and translation efficiency is controlled by host specific ribosomal binding sites. Proteins or other molecules can be encapsulated in the microcompartment shells by various methods described herein. The constructs can also be used to express self-assembling sheets comprised of shell proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Jonathan K. Lassila, James N. Kinney, Markus Sutter, Steven C. Wilson
  • VARIANT ENZYMES
    Publication number: 20160186155
    Abstract: Disclosed are glycosyl hydrolase enzyme variants, particularly variants of certain oxidoreductases of glycosyl hydrolase family 61. Nucleic acids encoding the glycosyl hydrolyase variants, compositions including the glycosyl hydrolase variants, methods of producing the variants, and methods of using the variants are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Nicholai DOUGLAS, Maria FOUKARAKI, Ronaldus Wilhelmus HOMMES, Thijs KAPER, Bradley R. KELEMEN, Slavko KRALJ, SUZANNE E. LANTZ, Jonathan K. LASSILA, Igor NIKOLAEV, Daniel Esteban TORRES-PAZMINO, Wilhelmus VAN DER KLEY, Johannes Franciscus Thomas VAN LIESHOUT, SANDER VAN STIGT THANS
  • CONSTRUCTS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING MICROCOMPARTMENTS
    Publication number: 20150026840
    Abstract: To produce a bacterial microcompartment shell, or a designed shell based on naturally occurring bacterial microcompartment shells in a new host organism, a synthetic operon is constructed that contains the desired shell protein genes and translation efficiency is controlled by host specific ribosomal binding sites. Proteins or other molecules can be encapsulated in the microcompartment shells by various methods described herein. The constructs can also be used to express self-assembling sheets comprised of shell proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Jonathan K. Lassila, James N. Kinney