Patents by Inventor Oscar Alvizo

Oscar Alvizo 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).

  • BIOCATALYSTS AND METHODS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ARMODAFINIL
    Publication number: 20210198638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing armodafinil, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. The non-naturally occurring polypeptides of the present invention are effective in carrying out biocatalytic conversion of the (i) 2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetamide to (?)-2-[(R)-(diphenylmethyl)sulfinyl]acetamide (armodafinil), or (ii) benzhydryl-thioacetic acid to (R)-2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetic acid, which is a pivotal intermediate in the synthesis of armodafinil, in enantiomeric excess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Ee Lui Ang, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Michael D. Clay, Steven J. Collier, Ellen D. Eberhard, Fu Fan, Shiwei Song, Derek J. Smith, Magnus Widegren, Robert Wilson, Junye Xu, Jun Zhu
  • Variant LovD polypeptides and their uses
    Patent number: 11046982
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides acyltransferases useful for synthesizing therapeutically important statin compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lynne Gilson, Steven J. Collier, Joly Sukumaran, Wan Lin Yeo, Oscar Alvizo, Ee Ling Teo, Robert J. Wilson, Junye Xu
  • Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds
    Patent number: 11046936
    Abstract: The present application provides engineered polypeptides having imine or oxime reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered polypeptides, host cells capable of expressing the engineered polypeptides, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Margie Tabuga Borra-Garske, Oscar Alvizo, Melissa Ann Mayo, Stephan Jenne, Auric Anthony Sowell-Kantz, Carmela Molinaro
  • Engineered phosphopentomutase variant enzymes
    Patent number: 11034948
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered phosphopentomutase (PPM) enzymes, polypeptides having PPM activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing PPM enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the PPM enzymes and methods of using the engineered PPM enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott J. Novick, Xiang Yi, Nikki Dellas, Oscar Alvizo, Jovana Nazor, Da Duan, Vesna Mitchell, Jonathan Vroom, Santhosh Sivaramakrishnan, Nandhitha Subramanian, Jeffrey C. Moore, Mark Huffman, Agustina Rodriguez-Granillo, Deeptak Verma, Grant Murphy, Nicholas M. Marshall, Jay Russell, Keith A. Canada
  • Biocatalysts for Ezetimibe synthesis
    Patent number: 10995320
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing Ezetimibe, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Crowe, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Yong Koy Bong, Steven J. Collier, Anupam Gohel, Jagadeesh Mavinahalli, Naga K. Modukuru, Emily Mundorff, Derek J. Smith, Shiwei Song, Wan Lin Yeo
  • Engineered phenylalanine ammonia lyase polypeptides
    Patent number: 10995329
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) polypeptides and compositions thereof, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) polypeptides. In some embodiments, the engineered PAL polypeptides are optimized to provide enhanced catalytic activity, as well as reduced sensitivity to proteolysis and increased tolerance to storage at elevated temperatures. In some embodiments, the engineered PAL polypeptides contain fewer phenylalanine residues than wild-type PAL polypeptides. The present invention also provides methods for the use of the compositions comprising the engineered PAL polypeptides for therapeutic and industrial purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Chinping Chng, William Casey Hallows, Nicholas J. Agard, Oscar Alvizo, Nikki Dellas, Gjalt W. Huisman, John Joseph Nicols
  • ENGINEERED PANTOTHENATE KINASE VARIANT ENZYMES
    Publication number: 20210102179
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered pantothenate kinase (PanK) enzymes, polypeptides having PanK activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing PanK enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the PanK enzymes and methods of using the engineered PanK enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Margie Tabuga Borra-Garske, Oscar Alvizo, Lillian Jasmine Miller, Jesse B. Slaton, Aksiniya Lyubenova Petkova, Nandhitha Subramanian, Joshua Kolev, Anna Fryszkowska, Agustina Rodriguez-Granillo, Grant Murphy
  • Biocatalysts and methods for the synthesis of armodafinil
    Patent number: 10961517
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing armodafinil, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. The non-naturally occurring polypeptides of the present invention are effective in carrying out biocatalytic conversion of the (i) 2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetamide to (?)-2-[(R)-(diphenylmethyl)sulfinyl]acetamide (armodafinil), or (ii) benzhydryl-thioacetic acid to (R)-2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetic acid, which is a pivotal intermediate in the synthesis of armodafinil, in enantiomeric excess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Ee Lui Ang, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Michael D. Clay, Steven J. Collier, Ellen D. Eberhard, Fu Fan, Shiwei Song, Derek J. Smith, Magnus Widegren, Robert Wilson, Junye Xu, Jun Zhu
  • Engineered imine reductases and methods for the reductive amination of ketone and amine compounds
    Patent number: 10947572
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Haibin Chen, Steven J. Collier, Jovana Nazor, Joly Sukumaran, Derek Smith, Jeffrey C. Moore, Gregory Hughes, Jacob Janey, Gjalt W. Huisman, Scott J. Novick, Nicholas J. Agard, Oscar Alvizo, Gregory A. Cope, Wan Lin Yeo, Stefanie Ng Minor
  • KETOREDUCTASE POLYPEPTIDES FOR THE PREPARATION OF PHENYLEPHRINE
    Publication number: 20210062162
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to engineered ketoreductase polypeptides and processes of using the polypeptides for production of phenylephrine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Oscar Alvizo, Steven J. Collier, Hans-Georg Joerg Hennemann, Seong Ho Oh, Wenjuan Zha
  • PENICILLIN-G ACYLASES
    Publication number: 20210054357
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered penicillin G acylase (PGA) enzymes, polynucleotides encoding the enzymes, compositions comprising the enzymes, and methods of using the engineered PGA enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Oscar Alvizo, David Elgart, Robert Kevin Orr, James Nicholas Riggins, Anna Fryszkowska, Katrina W. Lexa, Xiang Yi, Da Duan, Courtney Dianne Moffett, Nikki Dellas, Vesna Mitchell
  • ENGINEERED IMINE REDUCTASES AND METHODS FOR THE REDUCTIVE AMINATION OF KETONE AND AMINE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20210054422
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Haibin Chen, Steven J. Collier, Jovana Nazor, Joly Sukumaran, Derek Smith, Jeffrey C. Moore, Gregory Hughes, Jacob Janey, Gjalt W. Huisman, Scott J. Novick, Nicholas J. Agard, Oscar Alvizo, Gregory A. Cope, Wan Lin Yeo, Stefanie Ng Minor
  • Engineered pantothenate kinase variant enzymes
    Patent number: 10889806
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered pantothenate kinase (PanK) enzymes, polypeptides having PanK activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing PanK enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the PanK enzymes and methods of using the engineered PanK enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Margie Tabuga Borra-Garske, Oscar Alvizo, Lillian Jasmine Miller, Jesse B. Slaton, Aksiniya Lyubenova Petkova, Nandhitha Subramanian, Joshua Kolev, Anna Fryszkowska, Agustina Rodriguez-Granillo, Grant Murphy
  • BIOCATALYSTS AND METHODS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF ARMODAFINIL
    Publication number: 20210002618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing armodafinil, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. The non-naturally occurring polypeptides of the present invention are effective in carrying out biocatalytic conversion of the (i) 2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetamide to (?)-2-[(R)-(diphenylmethyl)sulfinyl]acetamide (armodafinil), or (ii) benzhydryl-thioacetic acid to (R)-2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetic acid, which is a pivotal intermediate in the synthesis of armodafinil, in enantiomeric excess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Ee Lui Ang, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Michael D. Clay, Steven J. Collier, Ellen D. Eberhard, Fu Fan, Shiwei Song, Derek J. Smith, Magnus Widegren, Robert Wilson, Junye Xu, Jun Zhu
  • ENGINEERED IMINE REDUCTASES AND METHODS FOR THE REDUCTIVE AMINATION OF KETONE AND AMINE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20200399616
    Abstract: The present application provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Oscar Alvizo, Melissa Ann Mayo, Jeffrey C. Moore
  • Ketoreductase polypeptides for the preparation of phenylephrine
    Patent number: 10870835
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to engineered ketoreductase polypeptides and processes of using the polypeptides for production of phenylephrine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Alvizo, Steven J. Collier, Hans-Georg Joerg Hennemann, Seong Ho Oh, Wenjuan Zha
  • Penicillin-G acylases
    Patent number: 10865402
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered penicillin G acylase (PGA) enzymes, polynucleotides encoding the enzymes, compositions comprising the enzymes, and methods of using the engineered PGA enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Alvizo, David Elgart, Robert Kevin Orr, James Nicholas Riggins, Anna Fryszkowska, Katrina W. Lexa, Xiang Yi, Da Duan, Courtney Dianne Moffett, Nikki Dellas, Vesna Mitchell
  • ENGINEERED IMINE REDUCTASES AND METHODS FOR THE REDUCTIVE AMINATION OF KETONE AND AMINE COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20200385768
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Haibin Chen, Steven J. Collier, Jovana Nazor, Joly Sukumaran, Derek Smith, Jeffrey C. Moore, Gregory Hughes, Jacob Janey, Gjalt W. Huisman, Scott J. Novick, Nicholas J. Agard, Oscar Alvizo, Gregory A. Cope, Wan Lin Yeo, Stefanie Ng Minor
  • T7 RNA POLYMERASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20200354699
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered RNA polymerase variants and compositions comprising these variants. The present invention further provides engineered T7 RNA polymerase variants and compositions comprising these variants. These variants have been evolved for selective incorporation of the m7G(5?)ppp(5?)m7G cap analog over GTP at the initiation of in vitro transcription. The present invention also provides methods for selective capping of RNA transcripts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Mathew G. Miller, Chinping Chng, Oscar Alvizo, Melissa Ann Mayo, James Nicholas Riggins, Xiang Yi, Jonathan S. Penfield, Gjalt W. Huisman, Jared Davis, Yasushi Saotome
  • T7 RNA POLYMERASE VARIANTS
    Publication number: 20200354698
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered RNA polymerase variants and compositions comprising these variants. The present invention further provides engineered T7 RNA polymerase variants and compositions comprising these variants. These variants have been evolved for selective incorporation of the m7G(5?)ppp(5?)m7G cap analog over GTP at the initiation of in vitro transcription. The present invention also provides methods for selective capping of RNA transcripts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Mathew G. Miller, Chinping Chng, Oscar Alvizo, Melissa Ann Mayo, James Nicholas Riggins, Xiang Yi, Jonathan S. Penfield, Gjalt W. Huisman, Jared Davis, Yasushi Saotome