Patents by Inventor Peter Bordier Hoj

Peter Bordier Hoj 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).

  • (1 -> 3, 1 -> 4)-beta-glucanase of enhanced stability
    Publication number: 20030177530
    Abstract: A modified cereal (1→3,1→4)-&bgr;-glucanase is produced by the method of single point substitution in a native cereal (1→3,1→4)-&bgr;-glucanase enzyme, whereby the substitution:
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE LTD
    Inventors: Joseph Noozhumurry Varghese, Thomas Peter John Garrett, Geoffrey Bruce Fincher, Peter Bordier Hoj, Lin Chen
  • (1?3, 1?4)—&bgr;-glucanase of enhanced stability
    Patent number: 6277615
    Abstract: This invention relates to a (1→3, 1→4)-&bgr;-glucanase (glucanase EII endohydrolase) enzyme, whose amino acid sequence has been modified in order to provide an enzyme whose three-dimensional structure confers improved thermostability and/or pH stability. Specific modifications are based upon a comparison between the three-dimensional structure (1→3, 1→4)-&bgr;-glucanase and that of (1→3)-&bgr;-glucanase. The (1→3, 1→4)-&bgr;-glucanase gene has been modified by site-directed mutagenesis, and modified enzymes have been expressed in E. coli. Modified sequences, DNA molecules encoding them, plasmids, expression vectors and transgenic plants are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignees: Biomolecular Research Institute Ltd., Luminis Pty LTD, La Trobe University
    Inventors: Joseph Noozhumurry Varghese, Thomas Peter John Garrett, Geoffrey Bruce Fincher, Peter Bordier Hoj, Lin Chen