Patents by Inventor Alexander Glennon Shearer

Alexander Glennon Shearer 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).

  • Publication number: 20240124907
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of histamine and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related histamine production methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Zymergen Inc.
    Inventors: Cara Ann TRACEWELL, Alexander Glennon SHEARER, Michael Shareef SIDDIQUI, Steven M. EDGAR, Nicolaus HERMAN, Murtaza Shabbir HUSSAIN
  • Publication number: 20230399647
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of ectoine and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related ectoine production methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Stepan Tymoshenko, Anupam Chowdhury, Zhihao Wang, Jeffrey Mellin, Michael Shareef Siddiqui, Cara Ann Tracewell, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Hannah Edstrom, Michael Blaisse
  • Patent number: 11739355
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of histamine and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related histamine production methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Zymergen Inc.
    Inventors: Cara Ann Tracewell, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Michael Shareef Siddiqui, Steven M. Edgar, Nicolaus Herman, Murtaza Shabbir Hussain
  • Publication number: 20230175023
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid production methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Cara Ann Tracewell, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Anupam Chowdhury
  • Publication number: 20220315965
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of cystathionine and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related cystathionine production methods. An engineered microbial cell that expresses a heterologous cystathionine beta-synthase or a heterologous cystathionine gamma-synthase, wherein the engineered microbial cell produces cystathionine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Cara Ann Tracewell, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Anupam Chowdhury, Steven M. Edgar
  • Publication number: 20220282265
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of 3-amino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related 3-amino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid production methods. Embodiments 1: An engineered microbial cell that produces 3-amino-4-hydroxybenzoic acid, wherein the engineered microbial cell expresses: (a) a non-native 2-amino-4,5-dihydroxy-6-oxo-7-(phosphooxy) heptanoate synthase; and (b) a non-native 3-amino-4-benzoic acid synthase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Zymergen Inc.
    Inventors: Cara Ann Tracewell, Alexander Glennon Shearer
  • Publication number: 20220162655
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of L-homocysteine and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related L-homocysteine production methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Zymergen Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shareef Siddiqui, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Franklin Lu, Stefan de Kok, Cara Ann Tracewell, Steven M. Edgar, Jennifer Yip
  • Publication number: 20220033862
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of 2-oxoadipate and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related 2-oxoadipate production methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Zymergen Inc.
    Inventors: Anupam Chowdhury, Steven M. Edgar, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Cara Ann Tracewell, Stepan Tymoshenko, Zhihao Wang
  • Publication number: 20210225455
    Abstract: Systems, methods and non-transitory computer-readable media identify a candidate biological sequence for enabling a function in a host cell. Embodiments access a predictive model that associates a plurality of biological sequences, such as enzymes, with one or more functions, such as reaction catalysis; predict, using the predictive model, that one or more candidate sequences of the plurality of biological sequences enable a desired function; and classify using a processor, candidate sequences that satisfy a confidence threshold as filtered candidate sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Zymergen Inc.
    Inventors: Anupam Chowdhury, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Stepan Tymoshenko, Michelle L. Wynn, Erik Jedediah Dean
  • Publication number: 20210180096
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of histamine and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related histamine production methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Zymergen Inc.
    Inventors: Cara Ann Tracewell, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Michael Shareef Siddiqui, Steven M. Edgar, Nicolaus Herman, Murtaza Shabbir Hussain
  • Patent number: 11028416
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of tyramine and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related tyramine production methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: ZYMERGEN INC.
    Inventors: Michael Shareef Siddiqui, Stefan de Kok, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Franklin Lu, Cara Ann Tracewell, Steven M. Edgar
  • Publication number: 20200168291
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for determining modifications to apply to genes within at least one microbial strain to improve phenotypic performance. The disclosure teaches accessing first phenotypic performance data based at least in part upon first gene modifications made to a first set of genes in at least one microbial strain; predicting second phenotypic performance of second gene modifications, based at least in part upon the first phenotypic performance data and at least one modification feature that is common to the first gene modifications and the second gene modifications; and prioritizing the second gene modifications to be applied to a second set of genes based at least in part upon the second phenotypic performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Zymergen Inc.
    Inventors: Anupam Chowdhury, Peter Enyeart, Michael Flashman, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Kurt Thorn
  • Patent number: 10662415
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of (6E)-8-hydroxygeraniol and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related (6E)-8-hydroxygeraniol production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Zymergen Inc.
    Inventors: Cara Ann Tracewell, Steven M. Edgar, Stepan Tymoshenko, Alexander Glennon Shearer
  • Publication number: 20200058376
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided to predict properties of a material that is related to a bioreachable molecule by generating a chemical model of the material based on physicochemical properties and predicting properties of the material based at least in part upon the chemical model and correlative modeling. The material may comprise in its chemical structure one or more instances of the bioreachable molecule. The material may comprise in its chemical structure the bioreachable molecule or at least one semi-synthetic molecule derived from the bioreachable molecule, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Zymergen Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Jedediah Dean, Vanessa Blue Oklejas, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Vytas SunSpiral, Michelle L. Wynn, Lucas Andrew Zulauf
  • Publication number: 20190390236
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of tyramine and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related tyramine production methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Shareef Siddiqui, Stefan de Kok, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Franklin Lu, Cara Ann Tracewell, Steven M. Edgar
  • Publication number: 20190338259
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of (6E)-8-hydroxygeraniol and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related (6E)-8-hydroxygeraniol production method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Cara Ann Tracewell, Steven M. Edgar, Stepan Tymoshenko, Alexander Glennon Shearer