Patents by Inventor Kastli D. Schaller

Kastli D. Schaller 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).

  • Thermal and acid tolerant beta xylosidases, arabinofuranosidases, genes encoding, related organisms, and methods
    Patent number: 8431379
    Abstract: Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and variations thereof are provided. Further provided are methods of at least partially degrading xylotriose, xylobiose, and/or arabinofuranose-substituted xylan using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and variations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: David N. Thompson, Vicki S. Thompson, Kastli D. Schaller, William A. Apel, David W. Reed, Jeffrey A. Lacey
  • Thermal and acid tolerant beta-xylosidases, genes encoding, related organisms, and methods
    Patent number: 7923234
    Abstract: Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and variations thereof are provided. Further provided are methods of at least partially degrading xylotriose and/or xylobiose using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and variations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: David N. Thompson, Vicki S. Thompson, Kastli D. Schaller, William A. Apel, Jeffrey A. Lacey, David W. Reed
  • Thermal and acid tolerant beta xylosidases, arabinofuranosidases, genes encoding, related organisms, and methods
    Publication number: 20100311110
    Abstract: Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and variations thereof are provided. Further provided are methods of at least partially degrading xylotriose, xylobiose, and/or arabinofuranose-substituted xylan using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and variations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: David N. Thompson, Vicki S. Thompson, Kastli D. Schaller, William A. Apel, David W. Reed, Jeffrey A. Lacey
  • Enzyme and methodology for the treatment of a biomass
    Patent number: 7727755
    Abstract: An enzyme isolated from an extremophilic microbe, and a method for utilizing same is described, and wherein the enzyme displays optimum enzymatic activity at a temperature of greater than about 80° C., and a pH of less than about 2, and further may be useful in methodology including pretreatment of a biomass so as to facilitate the production of an end product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Vicki S. Thompson, David N. Thompson, Kastli D. Schaller, William A. Apel
  • Thermal and acid tolerant beta-xylosidases, genes encoding, related organisms, and methods
    Publication number: 20090226978
    Abstract: Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and variations thereof are provided. Further provided are methods of at least partially degrading xylotriose and/or xylobiose using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius and variations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: David N. Thompson, Vicki S. Thompson, Kastli D. Schaller, William A. Apel, David W. Reed, Jeffrey A. Lacey