Patents Assigned to Codexis, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12612605
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered carboxyesterase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type carboxyesterase enzymes, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes in hydrolysis reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Rama Voladri, Jessica Anna Hurtak, Auric Anthony Sowell-Kantz, Nandhitha Subramanian, Ericka Bermudez, David Entwistle, Melissa Ann Mayo, James Nicholas Riggins
  • Publication number: 20260078417
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polypeptides having transaminase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher K. Saville, Emily Mundorff, Jeffrey C. Moore, Paul N. Devine, Jacob M. Janey
  • Patent number: 12565641
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT) polypeptides useful in template-independent polynucleotide synthesis using a nucleoside triphosphate-3?-O-removable blocking group (NTP-3?-O-RBG), as well as compositions, methods of utilizing these engineered polypeptides, and polynucleotides encoding the engineered terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Charlene Ching, Stephanie Marie Forget, Anders Matthew Knight, Mikayla Jianghongxia Krawczyk, Niusha Mahmoodi, Melissa Ann Mayo, Mathew G. Miller, Jonathan Vroom
  • Publication number: 20260055382
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered transaminase polypeptides for the production of amines, polynucleotides encoding the engineered transaminases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered transaminases, and methods of using the engineered transaminases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2025
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jovana Nazor, Derek J. Smith, Michael A. Crowe, Shiwei Song, Steven J. Collier
  • Publication number: 20260043010
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to engineered enone reductase polypeptides having improved properties, polynucleotides encoding the engineered polypeptides, related vectors, host cells, and methods for making the engineered enone reductase polypeptides. The disclosure also provides methods of using the engineered enone reductase polypeptides for chemical transformations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher K. Savile, Vesna Mitchell, Xiyun Zhang, Gjalt Huisman
  • Publication number: 20260043009
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered galactose oxidase (GOase) enzymes, polypeptides having GOase activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing GOase enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the GOase enzymes and methods of using the engineered GOase enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical and other compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Micklitsch, Oscar Alvizo, Jovana Nazor, Harvinder Chagger Maniar, Mikayla Jianghongxia Krawczyk, Margie Tabuga Borra-Garske, Nandhitha Subramanian, Anna Fryszkowska, Nicholas M. Marshall, Agustina Rodriguez-Granillo, Deeptak Verma, Dewan Andrews
  • Publication number: 20260035675
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered sucrose phosphorylase (SP) enzymes, polypeptides having SP activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing SP enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the SP enzymes and methods of using the engineered SP enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2025
    Publication date: February 5, 2026
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Vroom, Santhosh Sivaramakrishnan, Nandhitha Subramanian
  • Patent number: 12540314
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered peroxidase enzymes, polypeptides having peroxidase activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing peroxidase enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the peroxidase enzymes and methods of using the engineered peroxidase enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical and other compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Da Duan, Auric Anthony Sowell-Kantz, Aksiniya Lyubenova Petkova, Jovana Nazor, Nandhitha Subramanian, Oscar Alvizo
  • Publication number: 20260009012
    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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Applicant: 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 S. Murphy, Nicholas Marshall, Jay Russell, Keith A. Canada
  • Publication number: 20250388940
    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: September 3, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Applicant: 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
  • Patent number: 12503688
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered transaminase polypeptides and compositions thereof, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered transaminase polypeptides. Methods for producing transaminase enzymes are also provided. In some embodiments, the engineered transaminase polypeptides are optimized to provide improved enzyme properties under minimal aqueous conditions in wet organic solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jovana Nazor, Christopher Michael Micklitsch, Da Duan, Auric Anthony Sowell-Kantz, Steven Miller, Birgit Kosjek, Iman Farasat, Nicholas M. Marshall
  • Publication number: 20250368967
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Liang, Stephane J. Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Charlene Ching, John M. Gruber, Anke Krebber, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Patent number: 12480111
    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: March 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Rama Voladri, Christopher Michael Micklitsch, Oscar Alvizo, Jovana Nazor, Da Duan, Judy Victoria Antonio Viduya, Stephan Jenne, Chihui An, Keith Allen Canada, Paul N. Devine, Iman Farasat, Anna Fryszkowska, Katrina W. Lexa, Robert Kevin Orr
  • Patent number: 12480099
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered galactose oxidase (GOase) enzymes, polypeptides having GOase activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing GOase enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the GOase enzymes and methods of using the engineered GOase enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical and other compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Micklitsch, Oscar Alvizo, Jovana Nazor, Harvinder Chagger Maniar, Mikayla Jianghongxia Krawczyk, Margie Tabuga Borra-Garske, Nandhitha Subramanian, Anna Fryszkowska, Nicholas M. Marshall, Agustina Rodriguez-Granillo, Deeptak Verma, Dewan Andrews
  • Patent number: 12480100
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to engineered ketoreductase polypeptides and processes of using the polypeptides for production of phenylephrine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Oscar Alvizo, Steven J. Collier, Hans-Georg Joerg Hennemann, Seong Ho Oh, Wenjuan Zha
  • Patent number: 12480104
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered sucrose phosphorylase (SP) enzymes, polypeptides having SP activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing SP enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the SP enzymes and methods of using the engineered SP enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Vroom, Santhosh Sivaramakrishnan, Nandhitha Subramanian
  • Patent number: 12473557
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered guanylate kinase (GK) enzymes, polypeptides having GK activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Methods for producing GK enzymes are also provided. The present invention further provides compositions comprising the GK enzymes and methods of using the engineered GK enzymes. The present invention finds particular use in the production of pharmaceutical compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Da Duan, Auric Anthony Sowell-Kantz, Aksiniya Lyubenova Petkova, Oscar Alvizo
  • Publication number: 20250346935
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize chiral compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack S. Liang, Stephan Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Rama Voladri, James J. Lalonde, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Publication number: 20250346882
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to engineered penicillin G acylase (PGA) enzymes having improved properties, polynucleotides encoding such enzymes, compositions including the enzymes, and methods of using the enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Goutami Banerjee, Jie Yang, Xiyun Zhang, Erika M. Milczek, Melissa Ann Mayo, Stephan Jenne
  • Publication number: 20250340853
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered transaminase polypeptides useful for the synthesis of chiral amine compounds under industrially relevant conditions. The disclosure also provides polynucleotides encoding the engineered transaminase polypeptides, host cells capable of expressing the engineered transaminases, and methods of using the engineered transaminases for the production of chiral amine compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2025
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Martina Quintanar-Audelo, Ellen Eberhard, Jovana Nazor, Derek Smith, Cuixia Wang