Patents Examined by Anand U Desa
  • PUFA polyketide synthase systems and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7662597
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) polyketide synthase (PKS) systems, to homologues thereof, to isolated nucleic acid molecules and recombinant nucleic acid molecules encoding biologically active domains of such a PUFA PKS system, to genetically modified organisms comprising PUFA PKS systems, to methods of making and using such systems for the production of bioactive molecules of interest, and to novel methods for identifying new bacterial and non-bacterial microorganisms having such a PUFA PKS system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Martek Biosciences Corporation
    Inventors: James G. Metz, Craig A. Weaver, William R. Barclay, James H. Flatt