Patents Examined by Maryam A. Monshipouri
  • Patent number: 11884928
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for genetically engineering Kluyveromyces. The methods can be used to genetically engineer Kluyveromyces to produce and secrete full-length antibodies or antibody fragments. The invention also provides methods for production and secretion of antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Amyris, Inc.
    Inventor: Yoseph Tsegaye
  • Patent number: 11884954
    Abstract: A protein complex based on DNA enzymes of an E family of Escherichia coli and an application thereof in artificial protein scaffolds are provided. The protein complex includes one or more of interaction pairs formed by a CL2 protein and an Im2 protein, a CL7 protein and an Im7 protein, a CL8 protein and an Im8 protein, or a CL9 protein and an Im9 protein. By protein engineering of a carboxyl terminus DNase domain of the DNA enzymes CE2, CE7, CE8 and CE9, mutants that lose DNA enzyme activity but still retain the ultra-high affinity with the corresponding Im protein are obtained, and protein interaction pairs CL2/Im2, CL7/Im7, CL8/Im8 and CL9/Im9 are constructed. These protein interaction pairs have properties of heat resistance, high affinity, high specificity, small molecular weight, fast assembly speed, etc. Based on this, an artificial protein scaffold is constructed for the construction of artificial multienzyme complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hubel University
    Inventors: Lixin Ma, Chao Zhai, Jun Yang, Fei Wang
  • Patent number: 11884927
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods for providing high product yield of transgenes expressed in cyanobacteria and microalgae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Cinzia Formighieri
  • Patent number: 11873479
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the co-expression of an endonuclease with an end-processing enzyme for the purpose of enhanced processing of the polynucleotide ends generated by endonuclease cleavage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SEATTLE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Andrew M. Scharenberg, Michael T. Certo, Kamila Sabina Gwiazda
  • Patent number: 11873518
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to modified tryptophan synthase and more particularly to modified beta-subunits of tryptophan synthase. The disclosure further relates to cells expressing such modified subunits and methods of producing non-canonical amino acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David K. Romney, Javier Murciano Calles, Jori E. Wehrmuller
  • Patent number: 11866756
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provides a method of co-producing erythritol and arabinose by using a xylose mother liquor, wherein an extract and a raffinate are obtained by separating the xylose mother liquor through a first chromatography, the extract is configured to prepare crystallized xylose, the raffinate and the liquid glucose or crystallized glucose are blended and erythritol is produced by using a Yarrowia lipolytica with high osmotolerant and a high conversion rate. erythritol crystals are obtained by centrifugation and crystallization first by using characteristics of low solubility degree and easy crystallization of the erythritol, the arabinose raffinate having a high content of arabinose is obtained by separating a centrifuged erythritol mother liquor through a second chromatography, and arabinose crystals are obtained based on the arabinose raffinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG HUAKANG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aijuan Wu, Jiaxing Luo, Changhui Hu, Mingqian Yang, Chengjun Liao, Yi Zheng, Shuncheng Fang, Mian Li
  • Patent number: 11866741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymerase enzyme from 9° N with improved ability to incorporate reversibly terminating nucleotides. The enzyme comprising mutations in the motif A region. The invention also relates to methods of using such enzymes as well as a kit with such polymerases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: IsoPlexis Corporation
    Inventors: Jerzy Olejnik, Angela Delucia
  • Patent number: 11858967
    Abstract: This disclosure describes compositions and methods for enhanced production of enduracidin in genetically engineered strains of Streptomyces fungicidicus. In particular, the present disclosure describes the genetic manipulation of regulatory genes orf24 and orf18 associated with the enduracidin (enramycin) biosynthesis gene cluster from Streptomyces fungicidicus to generate vector constructs and recombinant strains producing greater yields of enduracidin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: T. Mark Zabriskie, Xihou Yin
  • Patent number: 11840713
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glucoamylase variants having improved thermostability. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Esben Peter Friis, Leonardo De Maria, Jesper Vind, Thomas A. Poulsen, Allan Svendsen, Steffen Danielsen, Rolf T. Lenhard, Henrik Friis-Madsen, Lars K. Skov
  • Patent number: 11827908
    Abstract: A novel luciferase with a small molecular weight is provided. A polypeptide with luciferase activity comprising an amino acid sequence (A) or (B) is provided: (A) an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 with deletion of amino acid residues at positions 1 to 69 and 204 to 221; or (B) an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 with deletion of amino acid residues at positions 1 to 69 and deletion or substitution of at least one of amino acid residues 146 to 156.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Ohmuro
  • Patent number: 11821011
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, kits, systems and apparatus that are useful for nucleic acid polymerization. In particular, modified polymerases and biologically active fragments thereof are provided that allow for nucleic acid amplification. In some aspects, the disclosure provides modified polymerases having lower systematic error as compared to a reference polymerase. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to modified polymerases useful for nucleic acid sequencing, genotyping, copy number variation analysis, paired-end sequencing and other forms of genetic analysis. In some aspects, the disclosure relates to modified polymerases useful for the generation of nucleic acid libraries or nucleic acid templates. In some aspects, the disclosure relates to the identification of homologous amino acid mutations that can be transferred across classes or families of polymerases to provide novel polymerases with altered properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Vander Horn, Daniel Mazur, Theo Nikiforov, Mindy Landes, Eileen Tozer
  • Patent number: 11814629
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns recombinant yeast host cell for saccharification of a biomass. The recombinant yeast host cell has a genetic modification for expressing a heterologous polypeptide having glucoamylase activity (Penicillum oxalicum glucoamylase). In some embodiments, the heterologous polypeptide can comprise a signal sequence. The present disclosure also concerns a process for saccharification of a biomass using the recombinant yeast host cell as well as a process for fermenting the saccharified biomass into a fermentation product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Lallemand Hungary Liquidity Management LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Argyros, Alexandra-Elena Panaitiu
  • Patent number: 11795487
    Abstract: The present invention related to the provision of genetically modified fungal cells, such as yeast cells with an improved ability for producing and secreting different recombinant proteins. The improved ability is obtained by disruption in intracellular transport between the Golgi and the endosome. In particular embodiments, the disruption is achieved by downregulation or deletion of the gene encoding a Tda3p homolog. The fungal cell and method of the invention would allow for large-scale production of recombinant proteins in fungal cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Melt & Marble AB
    Inventors: Mingtao Huang, Anastasia Krivoruchko, Florian David, Jens Nielsen
  • Patent number: 11788073
    Abstract: Described herein is a variant pol6 polymerase having at least one mutation selected from H223, N224, Y225, H227, I295, Y342, T343, I357, S360, L361, I363, S365, S366, Y367, P368, D417, E475, Y476, F478, K518, H527, T529, M531, N535, G539, P542, N545, Q546, A547, L549, 1550, N552, G553, F558, A596, G603, A610, V615, Y622, C623, D624, I628, Y629, R632, N635, M641, A643, I644, T647, I648, T651, I652, K655, W656, D657, V658, H660, F662, L690 and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Aruna Ayer, Cleoma Arnold, Charles Wayan Schwab, Eileen Thai, Ilya Lederman, Colin Alexander McGaw, Tyler O'Brien Shultz
  • Patent number: 11772038
    Abstract: The invention provides for the optimal utilization of gas by a fermentation process, whereby the various components within the gas stream are separated to increase the efficiency of the microorganisms. The invention is capable of tailoring the composition of the gas being used by the fermentation process so as to enhance the production of various products. The invention is capable of applying such controlled separation and utilization of gas to produce different products in two parallel fermentation processes. The invention is also capable of applying such controlled separation and utilization of gas to produce one product in a first fermentation process, which may be converted to a different product in a second fermentation process. The invention is additionally capable of mitigating culture inhibition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LanzaTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Haiming Gao, Robert John Conrado, Sebastian Michal Bernasek, Michael Anthony Schultz
  • Patent number: 11767548
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in some aspects, variant RNA polymerases, the use of which increases transcription efficiency while reducing the number of double-stranded RNA contaminates and run-on transcripts produced during an in vitro transcription reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: ModernaTX, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy E. Rabideau, Athanasios Dousis, Kanchana Ravichandran, Elissa Hobert
  • Patent number: 11767519
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered amylase polypeptides and compositions thereof. The engineered amylase polypeptides have been optimized to provide improved thermostability, protease stability, and stability under a range of pH conditions, including acidic (pH<7) conditions. The invention also relates to the use of the compositions comprising the engineered amylase polypeptides for therapeutic and/or nutritional purposes. The present invention also provides polynucleotides encoding the engineered amylase polypeptides, as well as methods for making the engineered polynucleotides and amylase polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: Codexis, Inc., Societe des Produits Nestle S.A.
    Inventors: Chinping Chng, Nikki Dellas, Da Duan, Ravi David Garcia, Harvinder Chagger Maniar
  • Patent number: 11760982
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chimeric enzyme comprising or consisting of at least one catalytic domain of a capping enzyme and at least one RNA-binding domain of a protein-RNA tethering system as well as its application for the production of an RNA molecule with a 5?-terminal cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: EUKARYS
    Inventor: Philippe Jaïs
  • Patent number: 11753665
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for improving the productivity of 2?-fucosyllactose (2?-FL) through enzymatic treatment. Lactose used as a substrate in the stationary phase during culture is degraded by treatment with a small amount of enzyme, the resulting glucose is consumed to produce guanosine diphosphate-L-fucose as a precursor of 2?-fucosyllactose, and the use of lactose left after culture can be maximally utilized for the production of 2?-fucosyllactose. As a result, it is possible to increase the productivity of 2?-fucosyllactose in an economically efficient manner because additional glucose is not required while minimizing by-products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Advanced Protein Technologies Corp., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Chui Soo Shin, Jong Won Yoon, Young Ha Song, Jong Gil Yoo, Young Sun Yoo, Heon Hak Lee
  • Patent number: 11746132
    Abstract: An ultramarine fluorescent protein, is a protein selected from (a) and (b) protein: (a) a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID:NO. 2; (b) a protein derived from (a) by substitution, deletion or addition with one or more amino acids in the amino acid sequence of (a) and having activity of the ultramarine fluorescent protein. The ultramarine fluorescent protein (UFP) has the characteristics of pH-insensitivity and light stability, and its chromophore can absorb long-wavelength ultraviolet (UVA) and release fluorescence at wavelength longer than 400 nm. And the aromatic amino acids residue (with content of 9.2%) can absorb medium wavelength ultraviolet (UVB) and release UVA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventors: Meihao Sun, Huihui Wang, Mengmeng Shi, Hongfei Zhou, Jie Liu