Patents by Inventor Thomas Vanhercke

Thomas Vanhercke 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).

  • 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
  • Patent number: 11859193
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to vegetative plant parts, such as from a Sorghum sp. and/or a Zea mays plant, which comprise a total fatty acid (TFA) content which comprises fatty acids esterified in the form of triacylglycerols (TAG) and fatty acids in the form of lipids other than TAG, wherein the vegetative plant parts comprise greatly increased levels of TFA, for example a TFA content of about 5% (w/w dry weight). The present invention also relates to the use of the vegetative plant parts as a feedstuff, and/or to produce a feedstuff, for animal consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: NUSEED GLOBAL INNOVATION LTD.
    Inventors: XueRong Zhou, Qing Liu, Anna El Tahchy, Srinivas Belide, Madeline Claire Mitchell, Uday Kumar Divi, Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Surinder Pal Singh, Allan Graham Green
  • Publication number: 20230399653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for extracting lipid from vegetative plant parts such as leaves, stems, roots and tubers, and for producing industrial products such as hydrocarbon products from the lipids. Preferred industrial products include alkyl esters which may be blended with petroleum based fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Ana El Tahchy, Surinder Pal Singh, Qing Liu
  • Patent number: 11814600
    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 biodiesel and synthetic diesel and processes for producing these, as well as plants having an increased level of one or more non-polar lipids such as triacylglycerols and an increased total non-polar lipid content. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to combinations of modifications in two or more of lipid handling enzymes, oil body proteins, decreased lipid catabolic enzymes and/or transcription factors regulating lipid biosynthesis to increase the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content and/or mono-unsaturated fatty acid content in plants or any part thereof. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for extracting lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NUSEED GLOBAL INNNOVATION LTD.
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Anna El Tahchy, Surinder Pal Singh, Kyle Reynolds, Qing Liu, Benjamin Aldo Leita
  • Publication number: 20230348926
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic plants, or parts thereof, with modified traits, as well as methods of selecting and using these plants or parts. In particular, the present invention relates to a transgenic plant, or part thereof, comprising a first exogenous polynucleotide which encodes a transcription factor polypeptide that increases the expression of one or more glycolytic and/or fatty acid biosynthetic genes in the plant or part thereof, and a second exogenous polynucleotide which encodes a polypeptide involved in the biosynthesis of one or more non-polar lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Madeline Claire MITCHELL, Uday Kumar DIVI, Thomas VANHERCKE, James Robertson PETRIE, Surinder Pal SINGH, Allan Graham GREEN
  • Patent number: 11639507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for extracting lipid from vegetative plant parts such as leaves, stems, roots and tubers, and for producing industrial products such as hydrocarbon products from the lipids. Preferred industrial products include alkyl esters which may be blended with petroleum based fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Anna El Tahchy, Surinder Pal Singh, Qing Liu
  • Publication number: 20230058089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing industrial products such as hydrocarbon products from non-polar lipids in a vegetative plant part. Preferred industrial products include alkyl esters which may be blended with petroleum based fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Anna El Tahchy, Surinder Pal Singh, Qing Liu
  • Publication number: 20220364014
    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 biodiesel and synthetic diesel and processes for producing these, as well as plants having an increased level of one or more non-polar lipids such as triacylglycerols and an increased total non-polar lipid content. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to combinations of modifications in two or more of lipid handling enzymes, oil body proteins, decreased lipid catabolic enzymes and/or transcription factors regulating lipid biosynthesis to increase the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content and/or mono-unsaturated fatty acid content in plants or any part thereof. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for extracting lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Thomas VANHERCKE, James Robertson PETRIE, Anna EL TAHCHY, Surinder Pal SINGH, Kyle REYNOLDS, Qing LIU, Benjamin Aldo LEITA
  • Patent number: 11365369
    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 biodiesel and synthetic diesel and processes for producing these, as well as plants having an increased level of one or more non-polar lipids such as triacylglycerols and an increased total non-polar lipid content. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to combinations of modifications in two or more of lipid handling enzymes, oil body proteins, decreased lipid catabolic enzymes and/or transcription factors regulating lipid biosynthesis to increase the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content and/or mono-unsaturated fatty acid content in plants or any part thereof. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for extracting lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Anna El Tahchy, Surinder Pal Singh, Kyle Reynolds, Qing Liu, Benjamin Aldo Leita
  • Patent number: 10925293
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of producing lipids. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of increasing the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content in a transgenic organism or part thereof. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to the use of an acyltransferase, for example, a monoacylglycerol acyltransferase (MGAT) to increase the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content in plants, plant seed and/or leaves, algae and fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: James Robertson Petrie, Thomas Vanhercke, Pushkar Shrestha, Qing Liu, Surinder Pal Singh
  • Publication number: 20200080022
    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 biodiesel and synthetic diesel and processes for producing these, as well as plants having an increased level of one or more non-polar lipids such as triacylglycerols and an increased total non-polar lipid content. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to combinations of modifications in two or more of lipid handling enzymes, oil body proteins, decreased lipid catabolic enzymes and/or transcription factors regulating lipid biosynthesis to increase the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content and/or mono-unsaturated fatty acid content in plants or any part thereof. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for extracting lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Thomas VANHERCKE, James Robertson PETRIE, Anna EL TAHCHY, Surinder Pal SINGH, Kyle REYNOLDS, Qing LIU, Benjamin Aldo LEITA
  • Patent number: 10472587
    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 biodiesel and synthetic diesel and processes for producing these, as well as plants having an increased level of one or more non-polar lipids such as triacylglycerols and an increased total non-polar lipid content. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to combinations of modifications in two or more of lipid handling enzymes, oil body proteins, decreased lipid catabolic enzymes and/or transcription factors regulating lipid biosynthesis to increase the level of one or more non-polar lipids and/or the total non-polar lipid content and/or mono-unsaturated fatty acid content in plants or any part thereof. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for extracting lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Anna El Tahchy, Surinder Pal Singh, Kyle Reynolds, Qing Liu, Benjamin Aldo Leita
  • Publication number: 20190300894
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for extracting lipid from vegetative plant parts such as leaves, stems, roots and tubers, and for producing industrial products such as hydrocarbon products from the lipids. Preferred industrial products include alkyl esters which may be blended with petroleum based fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Anna El Tahchy, Surinder Pal Singh, Qing Liu
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20190203125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing industrial products such as hydrocarbon products from non-polar lipids in a vegetative plant part. Preferred industrial products include alkyl esters which may be blended with petroleum based fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Anna El Tahchy, Surinder Pal Singh, Qing Liu
  • Publication number: 20190185871
    Abstract: The present invention relates, inter alia, to vegetative plant parts, such as from a Sorghum sp. and/or a Zea mays plant, which comprise a total fatty acid (TFA) content which comprises fatty acids esterified in the form of triacylglycerols (TAG) and fatty acids in the form of lipids other than TAG, wherein the vegetative plant parts comprise greatly increased levels of TFA, for example a TFA content of about 5% (w/w dry weight). The present invention also relates to the use of the vegetative plant parts as a feedstuff, and/or to produce a feedstuff, for animal consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: XueRong Zhou, Qing LIU, Anna EL TAHCHY, Srinivas BELIDE, Madeline Claire MITCHELL, Uday Kumar DIVI, Thomas VANHERCKE, James Robertson PETRIE, Surinder Pal SINGH, Allan Graham GREEN
  • Patent number: 10246718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for extracting lipid from vegetative plant parts such as leaves, stems, roots and tubers, and for producing industrial products such as hydrocarbon products from the lipids. Preferred industrial products include alkyl esters which may be blended with petroleum based fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: THE COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Anna El Tahchy, Surinder Pal Singh, Qing Liu
  • Patent number: 10246641
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing industrial products such as hydrocarbon products from non-polar lipids in a vegetative plant part. Preferred industrial products include alkyl esters which may be blended with petroleum based fuels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: THE COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Anna El Tahchy, Surinder Singh, Qing Liu
  • Publication number: 20190017063
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic plants, or parts thereof, with modified traits, as well as methods of selecting and using these plants or parts. In particular, the present invention relates to a transgenic plant, or part thereof, comprising a first exogenous polynucleotide which encodes a transcription factor polypeptide that increases the expression of one or more glycolytic and/or fatty acid biosynthetic genes in the plant or part thereof, and a second exogenous polynucleotide which encodes a polypeptide involved in the biosynthesis of one or more non-polar lipids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Madeline Claire MITCHELL, Uday Kumar DIVI, Thomas VANHERCKE, James Robertson PETRIE, Surinder Pal SINGH, Allan Graham GREEN
  • Publication number: 20170037320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for producing industrial products such as hydrocarbon products from non-polar lipids in a vegetative plant part. Preferred industrial products include alkyl esters which may be blended with petroleum based fuels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Thomas Vanhercke, James Robertson Petrie, Anna El Tahchy, Surinder Singh, Qing Liu