Patents by Inventor Young-mi Lee

Young-mi Lee 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).

  • A NOVEL THERMOSTABLE FRUCTOSE-6-PHOSPHATE-3-EPIMERASE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALLULOSE USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190225997
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fructose-6-phosphate-3-epimerase consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, a nucleic acid encoding the fructose-6-phosphate-3-epimerase, and a transformant comprising the nucleic acid. Additionally, the present disclosure relates to a composition for producing allulose, which comprises the fructose-6-phosphate-3-epimerase of the present disclosure, and a method for producing allulose using the fructose-6-phosphate-3-epimerase of the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Sungjae YANG, Hyun Kug CHO, Young Mi LEE, Seong Bo KIM, Seong Jun CHO
  • NOVEL THERMOSTABLE TAGATOSE-6-PHOSPHATE PHOSPHATASE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING TAGATOSE USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190203189
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tagatose-6-phosphate phosphatase consisting of an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, a nucleic acid encoding the tagatose-6-phosphate phosphatase, and a transformant comprising the nucleic acid. Additionally, the present disclosure relates to a composition for producing tagatose, which comprises the tagatose-6-phosphate phosphatase of the present disclosure, and a method for producing tagatose using the tagatose-6-phosphate phosphatase of the present disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Sungjae YANG, Hyun Kug CHO, Young Mi LEE, Seong Bo KIM, Seong Jun CHO
  • NOVEL PROMOTER AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190185857
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel promoter, a vector comprising the promoter, a microorganism comprising the promoter or the vector, and a method for producing a target product using the microorganism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Young Mi LEE, Seung Bin LEE, Seong Bo KIM, Ji Hyun LEE, Seung Hyun CHO, Seung Won PARK, Jin Sook CHANG
  • NEW POLYPHOSPHATE-DEPENDENT GLUCOKINASE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLUCOSE 6-PHOSPHATE USING SAME
    Publication number: 20190144901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel thermophilic and thermoresistant polyphosphate-dependent glucokinase having excellent stability, a composition comprising the same, and a method for producing glucose 6-phosphate using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Sung Jae YANG, Young Mi LEE, Seong Bo KIM, Seung Won PARK, Hyun Kug CHO
  • HEXURONATE C4-EPIMERASE MUTANT WITH IMPROVED CONVERSION ACTIVITY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING D-TAGATOSE BY USING SAME
    Publication number: 20190136223
    Abstract: A hexuronate C4-epimerase with improved conversion activity and a method for producing D-tagatose using the hexuronate C4-epimerase. The hexuronate C4-epimerase includes an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, in which serine (S) at position 125, serine (S) at position 185, valine (V) at position 267, serine (S) at position 268, threonine (T) at position 272, tryptophan (W) at position 306, arginine (R) at position 386 and tyrosine (Y) at position 403 from an N-terminal of hexunorate C4-epimerase are mutated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Sung Jae Yang, Yang Hee Kim, IL Hyang Park, Young Mi Lee, Hyun Kug Cho, Seong Bo Kim, Seung Won Park
  • HEALTH FUNCTIONAL FOOD FOR INHIBITING RISE OF BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTAINING COFFEE AND TAGATOSE
    Publication number: 20190117721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a health functional food for inhibiting a rise of blood glucose containing coffee and tagatose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Byung Gyu PARK, Young Mi LEE, Seong Bo KIM, Seung Won PARK
  • HEXURONATE C4-EPIMERASE VARIANT HAVING IMPROVED D-TAGATOSE CONVERSION ACTIVITY, AND D-TAGATOSE PRODUCTION METHOD USING SAME
    Publication number: 20190112589
    Abstract: Provided are a hexuronate C4-epimerase variant with improved activity in converting D-fructose by D-tagatose of hexuronate C4-epimerase and a method for production of D-tagatose using them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Sung Jae YANG, Young Mi LEE, Il Hyang PARK, Chan-Hyoung LEE, Hyun Kug CHO, Seong Bo KIM, Yang Hee KIM, Seung Won PARK
  • NOVEL POLYPHOSPHATE-DEPENDENT GLUCOKINASE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING GLUCOSE 6-PHOSPHATE BY USING SAME
    Publication number: 20190078125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel high-temperature active thermoresistant polyphosphate-dependent glucokinase with high thermal stability, a composition including the enzyme, and methods for producing glucose 6-phosphate using the enzyme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Sung Jae YANG, Hyun Kug CHO, Young Mi LEE, Seong Bo KIM, Seung Won PARK
  • Method of manufacturing D-galactose for use of the production of D-tagatose from whey permeate or dried whey permeate
    Patent number: 10196415
    Abstract: A method for producing D-galactose from a dissolved solution of dried whey permeate or a liquid whey permeate is disclosed. The method comprises: removing non-sugar insoluble materials from the dissolved solution of dried whey permeate or the liquid whey permeate; removing protein from the dissolved solution of dried whey permeate or the liquid whey permeate from which non-sugar solid precipitates are removed; and removing ash, salts or both from the dissolved solution of dried whey permeate or the liquid whey permeate from which the proteins are removed. Another method for producing D-tagatose is disclosed. The other method comprises isomerizing D-galactose produced by the foregoing method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Jae Yang, Min Hae Kim, Taek Beom Kim, Young Mi Lee, Seong Bo Kim, Seung Won Park
  • Hexuronate C4-epimerase mutant with improved conversion activity, and method for producing D-tagatose by using same
    Patent number: 10196626
    Abstract: A hexuronate C4-epimerase with improved conversion activity and a method for producing D-tagatose using the hexuronate C4-epimerase. The hexuronate C4-epimerase includes an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, in which serine (S) at position 125, serine (S) at position 185, valine (V) at position 267, serine (S) at position 268, threonine (T) at position 272, tryptophan (W) at position 306, arginine (R) at position 386 and tyrosine (Y) at position 403 from an N-terminal of hexunorate C4-epimerase are mutated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Jae Yang, Yang Hee Kim, Il Hyang Park, Young Mi Lee, Hyun Kug Cho, Seong Bo Kim, Seung Won Park
  • Method for preventing, improving or treating liver disease
    Patent number: 10064908
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preventing, alleviating or treating a liver disease, comprising administering a composition comprising a Triticum aestivum Lamarck leaf extract or a fraction thereof to a subject in need thereof. Therefore, the method for preventing, alleviating or treating a liver disease of the present invention can improve the morphological change of liver tissue due to liver injury, inhibit apoptosis of hepatocytes, increase the synthesis of antioxidant enzymes such as glutathione (GSH) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) which can reduce oxidative stress in liver tissue, and reduce the levels of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT) which are known to change sensitively in liver diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Wonkwang University Center for Industry-Academy Cooperation
    Inventors: Young Mi Lee, Dae Ki Kim, Hyeon Hui Ki, Hoon Yeon Lee
  • HEXURONATE C4-EPIMERASE MUTANT WITH IMPROVED CONVERSION ACTIVITY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING D-TAGATOSE BY USING SAME
    Publication number: 20180245062
    Abstract: A hexuronate C4-epimerase with improved conversion activity and a method for producing D-tagatose using the hexuronate C4-epimerase. The hexuronate C4-epimerase includes an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, in which serine (S) at position 125, serine (S) at position 185, valine (V) at position 267, serine (S) at position 268, threonine (T) at position 272, tryptophan (W) at position 306, arginine (R) at position 386 and tyrosine (Y) at position 403 from an N-terminal of hexunorate C4-epimerase are mutated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Jae YANG, Yang Hee KIM, IL Hyang PARK, Young Mi LEE, Hyun Kug CHO, Seong Bo KIM, Seung Won PARK
  • MULTI-INFLUENZA DETECTION KIT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING INFLUENZA USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180180613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-influenza detection kit comprising monoclonal antibodies and a method of detecting multiple influenza viruses using the kit. More specifically, the present invention relates to a multi-influenza detection kit comprising monoclonal antibodies that bind specifically to influenza type A, type B, subtype H1, subtype H3 and subtype H5, and to a method of detecting influenza viruses using the kit. The multi-influenza detection kit comprising monoclonal antibodies according to the present invention can simultaneously detect influenza types A and B and subtypes H1, H3 and H5, and thus is useful for the rapid and highly sensitive on-site detection and diagnosis of influenza.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: GREEN CROSS MEDICAL SCIENCE
    Inventors: Serka KIM, Woo-Sung JUNG, Young-Mi LEE, Chae Seung LIM
  • NOVEL PROMOTER AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180094268
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel promoter, a vector comprising the promoter, a microorganism comprising the vector, and a method for producing a target protein using the promoter. The promoter obtained by the present disclosure exhibits an increased gene expression rate compared to promoters used in a large-scale production of proteins from the existing recombinant microorganisms, and can thus be used advantageously in food, pharmaceutical, and agricultural industries in which high-yield production of functional materials from microorganisms is needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Young Mi Lee, Seung Bin Lee, Seong Bo Kim, Ji Hyun Lee, Jin Sook Chang, Seung Hyun Cho, Seung Won Park
  • Method for preparing tagatose from residue after extracting coffee
    Patent number: 9879296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing tagatose from residue after extracting coffee, comprising: obtaining a hydrolysate by hydrolyzing residue after extracting coffee into acid; obtaining a hydrolysate refined by decolorization and ion-refining the obtained hydrolysate; and obtaining tagatose by isomerizing the refined hydrolysate to an arabinose isomerase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Mi Lee, Seong Bo Kim, Min Hae Kim, Sung Jae Yang, Seung Won Park
  • COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING TAGATOSE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING TAGATOSE FROM FRUCTOSE
    Publication number: 20170306370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preparing tagatose, wherein the composition is used for preparing tagatose from fructose and contains a protein including any one amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 7 or a microorganism expressing the protein. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for preparing tagatose from fructose, the method comprising a step of allowing the composition to react with fructose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yang Hee KIM, Sung Jae YANG, Young Mi LEE, Il Hyang PARK, Seong Bo KIM, Hyun Kug CHO, Seung Won PARK
  • METHOD FOR PREVENTING, IMPROVING OR TREATING LIVER DISEASE
    Publication number: 20170252395
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preventing, alleviating or treating a liver disease, comprising administering a composition comprising a Triticum aestivum Lamarck leaf extract or a fraction thereof to a subject in need thereof. Therefore, the method for preventing, alleviating or treating a liver disease of the present invention can improve the morphological change of liver tissue due to liver injury, inhibit apoptosis of hepatocytes, increase the synthesis of antioxidant enzymes such as glutathione (GSH) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) which can reduce oxidative stress in liver tissue, and reduce the levels of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT) and glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT) which are known to change sensitively in liver diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Young Mi Lee, Dae Ki Kim, Hyeon Hui Ki, Hoon Yeon Lee
  • METHOD FOR PREPARING EXTRACT OF GENUS PANAX INCLUDING WILD GINSENG OR GINSENG, OR CAMBIAL MERISTEMATIC CELLS DERIVED FROM GENUS PANAX OR EXTRACT THEREOF CONTAINING RARE GINSENOSIDES IN HIGH QUANTITY
    Publication number: 20170232049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing the content of rare ginsenosides in preparing an extract of genus Panax including wild ginseng or ginseng, cambial meristematic cells of genus Panax or an extract thereof, a ginseng extract prepared by the method, cambial meristematic cells (CMCs) of genus Panax or an extract thereof prepared by the method, and to a composition comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Young-Woo Jin, Eun-Kyong Lee, Young Mi Lee, Il Seok Oh
  • METHOD FOR PREPARING TAGATOSE FROM RESIDUE AFTER EXTRACTING COFFEE
    Publication number: 20170002391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing tagatose from residue after extracting coffee, comprising: obtaining a hydrolysate by hydrolyzing residue after extracting coffee into acid; obtaining a hydrolysate refined by decolorization and ion-refining the obtained hydrolysate; and obtaining tagatose by isomerizing the refined hydrolysate to an arabinose isomerase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Mi LEE, Seong Bo KIM, Min Hae KIM, Sung Jae YANG, Seung Won PARK
  • SWEETENER COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING AND IMPROVING OBESITY, CONTAINING GLYCOLYSIS INHIBITOR INGREDIENT
    Publication number: 20160346305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sweetener composition for preventing or treating obesity containing, as active ingredients, a glucose or D-fructose absorption inhibiting component and a sugar hydrolysis inhibiting sugar or sugar alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Young Jae Kim, Jin Hee Park, Min Hae Kim, Seong Bo Kim, Se Hee Hwang, Young Mi Lee