Patents by Inventor Matthew MACKENZIE
Matthew MACKENZIE 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).
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Publication number: 20240150780Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desaturase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. In particular, the present invention provides ?3 destaurases, ?5 elongases and ?6 desaturases with novel activities. Also provided are methods and DNA constructs for transiently and/or stably transforming cells, particularly plant cells, with multiple genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Grains Research and Development CorporationInventors: James Robertson Petrie, Anne Maree Mackenzie, Qing Liu, Pushkar Shrestha, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Maged Peter Mansour, Stanley Suresh Robert, Dion Matthew Frederick Frampton, Xue-Rong Zhou, Surinder Pal Singh, Craig Christopher Wood
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Publication number: 20240150782Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desaturase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. In particular, the present invention provides ?3 desaturases, ?5 elongases and ?6 desaturases with novel activities. Also provided are methods and DNA constructs for transiently and/or stably transforming cells, particularly plant cells, with multiple genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Grains Research and Development CorporationInventors: James Robertson Petrie, Anne Maree Mackenzie, Qing Liu, Pushkar Shrestha, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Maged Peter Mansour, Stanley Suresh Robert, Dion Matthew Frederick Frampton, Xue-Rong Zhou, Surinder Pal Singh, Craig Christopher Wood
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Publication number: 20240150779Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desaturase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. In particular, the present invention provides ?3 destaurases, ?5 elongases and ?6 desaturases with novel activities. Also provided are methods and DNA constructs for transiently and/or stably transforming cells, particularly plant cells, with multiple genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Grains Research and Development CorporationInventors: James Robertson Petrie, Anne Maree Mackenzie, Qing Liu, Pushkar Shrestha, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Maged Peter Mansour, Stanley Suresh Robert, Dion Matthew Frederick Frampton, Xue-Rong Zhou, Surinder Pal Singh, Craig Christopher Wood
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Publication number: 20240150781Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desaturase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. In particular, the present invention provides ?3 destaurases, ?5 elongases and ?6 desaturases with novel activities. Also provided are methods and DNA constructs for transiently and/or stably transforming cells, particularly plant cells, with multiple genes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2024Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicants: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Grains Research and Development CorporationInventors: James Robertson Petrie, Anne Maree Mackenzie, Qing Liu, Pushkar Shrestha, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Maged Peter Mansour, Stanley Suresh Robert, Dion Matthew Frederick Frampton, Xue-Rong Zhou, Surinder Pal Singh, Craig Christopher Wood
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Patent number: 11976287Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of recombinant fatty acid synthesis, particularly in transgenic plants. The application describes genes involved in fatty acid synthesis and provides methods and vectors for the manipulation of fatty acid composition of plant oils. In particular, the invention provides constructs for achieving the integration of multiple heterologous genes involved in fatty acid synthesis into the plant genome, such that the resulting plants produce altered levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Also described are methods for enhancing the expression of fatty acid biosynthesis enzymes by co-expressing a silencing suppressor within the plant storage organ.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignees: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION, GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: James Robertson Petrie, Anne Maree Mackenzie, Qing Liu, Pushkar Shrestha, Peter David Nichols, Susan Irene Ellis Blackburn, Maged Peter Mansour, Stanley Suresh Robert, Dion Matthew Frederick Frampton, Xue-Rong Zhou, Surinder Pal Singh, Craig Christopher Wood
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Publication number: 20220287896Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system including a pulling strap having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, the pulling strap having an integral loop extending across a lateral width of the pulling strap at the proximal end; a slouch correction sheet including: a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a first tubular webbing integral with and extending across a first portion of the first end; a second tubular webbing integral with and extending across a second portion of the first end; wherein the first and second tubular webbings are in axial alignment and a gap between the first and second tubular webbings at about a midpoint of the first end is at least as great as the lateral width of the pulling strap at the proximal end; and a rigid connecting bar dimensioned to be simultaneously received within the first and second tubular webbings and the integral loop of the pulling strap while the integral loop is within the gap in axial alignment with the first and second tubular webbings, thType: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Matthew MacKenzie, Vincent Wilson, Cong Su, Darrell Luedey
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Patent number: 11103404Abstract: A slouch correction device and method for use on a seating surface of a chair or bed. The device comprises a flexible fabric sheet and a drawing mechanism associated with the fabric sheet. When actuated the drawing mechanism draws the fabric toward the back support, drawing the user's buttocks toward the back support.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: MACKENZIE HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.Inventors: Matthew MacKenzie, Gabriel J. W. Aliphat
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Publication number: 20190021927Abstract: A slouch correction device and method for use on a seating surface of a chair or bed. The device comprises a flexible fabric sheet and a drawing mechanism associated with the fabric sheet. When actuated the drawing mechanism draws the fabric toward the back support, drawing the user's buttocks toward the back support.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Matthew MACKENZIE, Gabriel J. W. ALIPHAT
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Patent number: 9278665Abstract: A slouch correction device and a method of operation is provided for use in a chair, in which the slouch correction device is predominantly a loose seat cover on which a patient would sit, one or more straps from the seat cover which pass through an opening between the chair back and seat to secure to a separate harness or to form a harness about the waist of a caregiver, such that a care giver is able to pull on the harness to slide the seat cover and patient seated thereon back into an improved, upright posture position, while using free hands to hold the chair in a steady position. The slouch correction device provided with various improvements, including dual side handles for two person lifts, means to keep straps in safe and easily accessed position when not in use, and comfort features on the harness.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2013Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGEInventors: Dustin Joseph Amirault, Joshua Douglas Matthews, Jamison Stuart Etter, Shaemus Mullaney, Matthew MacKenzie, Gail Giffin
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Publication number: 20130320746Abstract: A slouch correction device and a method of operation is provided for use in a chair, in which the slouch correction device is predominantly a loose seat cover on which a patient would sit, one or more straps from the seat cover which pass through an opening between the chair back and seat to secure to a separate harness or to form a harness about the waist of a caregiver, such that a care giver is able to pull on the harness to slide the seat cover and patient seated thereon back into an improved, upright posture position, while using free hands to hold the chair in a steady position. The slouch correction device provided with various improvements, including dual side handles for two person lifts, means to keep straps in safe and easily accessed position when not in use, and comfort features on the harness.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: Nova Scotia Community CollegeInventors: Dustin Joseph AMIRAULT, Joshua Douglas MATTHEWS, Jamison Stuart ETTER, Shaemus MULLANEY, Matthew MACKENZIE, Gail GIFFIN
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Patent number: D874352Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Inventors: Matthew MacKenzie, Gabriel J. W. Aliphat