Patents by Inventor Kyle B. Reynolds

Kyle B. Reynolds 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).

  • Plants producing modified levels of medium chain fatty acids
    Patent number: 11913006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing industrial products from plant lipids, particularly from vegetative parts of plants. In particular, the present invention provides oil products such as biofuel, and processes for producing these products, as well as plants having an increased level medium chain fatty acids such as lauric acid and myristic acid. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to combinations of modifications in a fatty acid thioesterase and one or more acyltransferases. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for extracting lipids. In another embodiment, the lipid is converted to one or more hydrocarbon products in harvested plant vegetative parts to produce alkyl esters of the fatty acids which are suitable for use as a renewable biofuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NUSEED GLOBAL INNOVATION LTD.
    Inventors: Kyle B. Reynolds, Thomas Vanhercke, Anna El Tahchy, Qing Liu, Surinder S. Singh, James R. Petrie
  • Plants producing modified levels of medium chain fatty acids
    Publication number: 20190284567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing industrial products from plant lipids, particularly from vegetative parts of plants. In particular, the present invention provides oil products such as biofuel, and processes for producing these products, as well as plants having an increased level medium chain fatty acids such as lauric acid and myristic acid. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to combinations of modifications in a fatty acid thioesterase and one or more acyltransferases. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for extracting lipids. In another embodiment, the lipid is converted to one or more hydrocarbon products in harvested plant vegetative parts to produce alkyl esters of the fatty acids which are suitable for use as a renewable biofuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kyle B. Reynolds, Thomas Vanhercke, Anna El Tahchy, Qing Liu, Surinder S. Singh, James R. Petrie