Patents Examined by Richard C. Ekstrom
  • Patent number: 11739352
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems of fermenting that include, after the fermentable composition has been exposed to fermentations conditions to produce biochemical, exposing at least a portion of a fermentable composition to a disruption process to disrupt at least a portion of insoluble solid component. After the fermentable composition has been exposed to a disruption process, the fermentable composition can be exposed to fermentation conditions again to product biochemical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventors: David Charles Carlson, Brady Christopher Clavel, Katherine Lois Kokes, David D. Bushong, Blake A. Schnell
  • Patent number: 11634696
    Abstract: Provided is a mutant polyhydroxyalkanoate synthetase having an amino acid sequence which has 85% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and which contains a mutation of substitution of at least one of the amino acids at the 27th to 33rd, 39th, 56th, 106th, 129th, 144th, 165th, 170th and 172nd to 187th positions from the N-terminus of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 with another amino acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Kobayashi, Shunsuke Sato, Naoaki Taoka
  • Patent number: 11634737
    Abstract: Disclosed are transformed cells comprising one or more genetic modifications that affect the lipid content of the cell, e.g., by increasing the concentration of oleic acid in the cell relative to an unmodified cell of the same type. Also disclosed are methods for modifying the lipid content of a cell by increasing the activity of one or more proteins in the cell and/or by decreasing the activity of one or more proteins in the same cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Vasiliki Tsakraklides, Elena E. Brevnova, Jonathan Friedlander, Annapurna Kamineni, Arthur J. Shaw, IV
  • Patent number: 11629363
    Abstract: Provided herein is a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a methanol metabolic pathway that can enhance the availability of reducing equivalents in the presence of methanol. Such reducing equivalents can be used to increase the product yield of organic compounds produced by the microbial organism, such as 1,2-propanediol, n-propanol, 1,3-propanediol or glycerol. Also provided herein are methods for using such an organism to produce 1,2-propanediol, n-propanol, 1,3-propanediol or glycerol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Genomatica, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony P. Burgard, Robin E. Osterhout, Stephen J. Van Dien, Cara Ann Tracewell, Priti Pharkya, Stefan Andrae
  • Patent number: 11629365
    Abstract: Provided are aqueous fermentation feedstocks comprising glucose monomers at a concentration of less than 50 gram/Liter (g/L) of the total feedstock, water-soluble dextrose oligomers at a concentration in a range between 50 g/L and 300 g/L of the total feedstock; and water. Further provided are methods of production thereof and uses thereof in the production of single cell protein and/or ethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SUPERBREWED FOOD INC.
    Inventors: Bryan P. Tracy, Dale A. Monceaux, Aharon M. Eyal, Sasson R. Somekh
  • Patent number: 11613768
    Abstract: Described herein are engineered metabolic pathways in recombinant microorganism host cells which result in the production of 2-phenylethanol or 2-phenylacetic acid. Also described herein are methods of using the recombinant microorganisms for the production of 2-phenylethanol or 2-phenylacetic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: David Nielsen, Michael Machas, Rebekah McKenna
  • Patent number: 11608488
    Abstract: Metabolites produced by a microorganism using oxaloacetate, pyruvate and/or acetyl-CoA as substrate or co-substrate upstream in the biosynthesis pathway, and more particularly using oxaloacetate. There is indeed a need in the art for transformed, in particular recombinant, microorganisms having at least an increased ability to produce oxaloacetate, pyruvate and/or acetyl-CoA, and in particular oxaloacetate, thus allowing an increased capacity to produce metabolites produced using oxaloacetate, pyruvate and/or acetyl-CoA as substrate or co-substrate upstream in the biosynthesis pathway, and in particular amino acids and their derivatives thereof, fatty acids, derivatives from the mevalonate pathway (in particular farnesyl, squalene, lanosterol, cholesterol and derivatives, and dolichols), flavonoides and/or polyketides. The solution proposed is the use of a genetically modified yeast comprising many modifications as described in the present text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: ADISSEO FRANCE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Dominique Louis, Karine Jaillardon, Dominique Thomas
  • Patent number: 11608512
    Abstract: Provided is a method which allows, for example, suppression of foaming in the purification step such as distillation and continuous operation, as well as direct treatment of a waste liquid (can liquid) without having to subject the same to an extra purification treatment by removing the microorganisms, nitrogen compounds, and phosphorous compounds at once from an organic substance-containing liquid obtained from microbial fermentation. Also disclosed is a method for producing an organic substance, comprising a microbial fermentation step, a separation step, a liquefaction step, and a second purification step, wherein the concentration of the nitrogen compound in the second can liquid is 0 to 150 ppm based on the total mass of the second can liquid, and the concentration of the phosphorous compound in the second can liquid is 0 to 5 ppm based on the total mass of the second can liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kokoro Hamachi, Satoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11597957
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure involve systems and methods that inhibit the production of lactic acid during propagation of yeast and/or during hydrolysis of cellulose by including a sufficient amount of dissolved oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: POET Research, Inc.
    Inventor: Zachary J Karl
  • Patent number: 11591578
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved P450-BM3 variants with improved activity. In some embodiments, the P450-BM3 variants exhibit improved activity over a wide range of substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Osborne, Vesna Mitchell, Khin Yu Naing Htwe, Xiyun Zhang, Erika M. Milczek, Jeffrey C. Moore
  • Patent number: 11560552
    Abstract: Presented herein are altered polymerase enzymes for improved incorporation of nucleotides and nucleotide analogues, in particular altered polymerases that maintain high fidelity under reduced incorporation times, as well as methods and kits using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Illumina, Inc., Illumina Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Misha Golynskiy, Seth McDonald, Saurabh Nirantar, Matthew Kellinger, Michael Previte, Sergio Peisajovich, Molly He
  • Patent number: 11555209
    Abstract: The invention provides genetically engineered microorganisms and methods for the biological production of ethylene glycol and precursors of ethylene glycol. In particular, the microorganism of the invention produces ethylene glycol or a precursor of ethylene glycol through one or more of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate, oxaloacetate, citrate, malate, and glycine. The invention further provides compositions comprising ethylene glycol or polymers of ethylene glycol such as polyethylene terephthalate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: LanzaTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Koepke, Rasmus Jensen
  • Patent number: 11549117
    Abstract: A marker composition for selecting a living modified organism allows transformation and the production of a target product without antibiotics or antibiotic resistance genes. The marker composition for selecting a living modified organism may basically prevent problems caused by the use of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes and produce a target product at a high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION GYEONGSANG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Seon Won Kim, Hyo Jung Han, Sin Young Kim, Ji Bin Park
  • Patent number: 11542488
    Abstract: Sortase molecules and methods described herein allow for the construction of a CAR or CAR member, e.g., in situ, on a CARX, e.g., CART, cell. For example, sortase mediated transfer of an antigen binding domain, e.g., a scFv, onto a CAR member having a sortase acceptor motif in place of an antigen binding domain can provide for a complete CAR member on a cell wherein the cell does not comprise nucleic acid that encodes the complete CAR member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: Novartis AG, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Jennifer Brogdon, Carla Guimaraes, John Hastewell, Andreas Loew
  • Patent number: 11542533
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing 1,3-propanediol by means of fermentation of a recombinant microorganism. First, a recombinant microorganism is provided; the recombinant microorganism can overexpress acetyl-CoA carboxylase genes: accBC and accDA, a malonyl-CoA synthetase gene: mcr, a 3-hydroxypropionyl-CoA synthetase gene: pcs, a 3-hydroxypropionyl-CoA reductase gene: pduP, and a 1,3-propanediol reductase gene: yqhD. The recombinant microorganism is subjected to fermentation culture in a flask or fermentor using glucose ad as raw material to obtain the 1,3-propanediol. The recombinant microorganism can utilize low-cost glucose, sucrose, molasses, xylose and the like as raw material in the fermentation process, without additional expensive vitamin B12. Thus, cost of the production is significantly reduced, and there is a promising prospect in market.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Zhen Chen, Dehua Liu
  • Patent number: 11535836
    Abstract: The invention is directed to novel variant glucoamylases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Fornia Biosolutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiyun Zhang, Jie Yang, Goutami Banerjee, Khin Oo, Marielle De Jesus Palatino, Eric Lin Hu, Imad N. Sawaya, Tatsuya Fukushima, Jijiao Zeng, Wenhua Lu
  • Patent number: 11525151
    Abstract: Described are methods for saccharifying starch-containing materials using a glucoamylase, methods for producing fermentation products, and fermentation products produced by the method thereof as well as methods for increasing starch digestibility in a ruminant using at least one of the glucoamylases described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: DANISCO US INC.
    Inventors: Jing Ge, Xiaogang Gu, Helong Hao, Karsten Matthias Kragh, Jinahua (Jalsen) Li, Wenting Li, Zhongmei Tang, Shukun Yu, Bo Zhong, Kun Zhong, Zhengzheng Zou
  • Patent number: 11519010
    Abstract: Provided is a method which enables efficient separation of a component such as microorganisms from an organic substance-containing liquid obtained by microbial fermentation. Disclosed is a method for producing an organic substance comprising a microbial fermentation step of obtaining an organic substance-containing liquid and a separation step of heating the organic substance-containing liquid and separating into a liquid or solid component containing microorganisms and a gaseous component containing the organic substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Shimizu, Kokoro Hamachi
  • Patent number: 11519012
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to host cells having altered NADPH availability, allowing for increased production of compounds produced using NADPH, and methods of use thereof. NADPH availability is altered by one or more of: expressing an altered GAPDH, expressing a variant glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh), aspartate semialdehyde dehydrogenase (asd), dihydropicolinate reductase (dapB), and meso-diaminopimelate dehydrogenase (ddh), expressing a novel nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase, expressing a novel threonine aldolase, and expressing or modulating the expression of a pyruvate carboxylase in the host cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Zymergen Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Manchester, Benjamin Mason, Alexi Goranov
  • Patent number: 11512299
    Abstract: The present invention has a purpose of providing a novel ?-galactosidase enzyme useful for the production of oligosaccharides. Disclosed is a ?-galactosidase enzyme comprising the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 4 or an amino acid sequence that is 80% or more identical to said amino acid sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AMANO ENZYME INC.
    Inventors: Yukiko Hoshi, Masamichi Okada, Akio Horii, Masayuki Hojo