Patents by Inventor Anastasios Melis

Anastasios Melis 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).

  • Fusion constructs as protein over-expression vectors
    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
  • FUSION CONSTRUCTS TO EXPRESS BIOPHARMACEUTICAL POLYPEPTIDES IN CYANOBACTERIA
    Publication number: 20220372499
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods for providing high product yield of transgenes encoding biopharmaceutical polypeptides in cyanobacteria and microalgae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Nico BETTERLE, Diego HIDALGO MARTINEZ, Andrew C. SAPHIRE
  • PRODUCTION OF CANNABINOIDS USING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS
    Publication number: 20220243236
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for producing cannabinoids in photosynthetic microorganisms, e.g., cyanobacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Nico Betterle, Diego Alberto Hidalgo Martinez
  • FUSION CONSTRUCTS AS PROTEIN OVER-EXPRESSION VECTORS
    Publication number: 20210139921
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods for providing high product yield of transgenes expressed in cyanobacteria and microalgae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Cinzia Formighieri
  • Production of monoterpene blends by unicellular photosynthetic microorganisms
    Patent number: 10889835
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods for providing high product yield of transgenes expressed in cyanobacteria and microalgae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Cinzia Formighieri
  • Fusion constructs as protein over-expression vectors
    Patent number: 10876124
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods for providing high product yield of transgenes expressed in cyanobacteria and microalgae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Cinzia Formighieri
  • PRODUCTION OF BETA-PHELLANDRENE USING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS
    Publication number: 20200208178
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for producing ?-phellandrene hydrocarbons from a photosynthetic microorganism such as cyanobacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Anastasios MELIS, Fiona K. Davies, Hsu-Ching Chen Wintz, Andreas Zurbriggen
  • Production of ?-phellandrene using genetically engineered photosynthetic microorgamisms
    Patent number: 10563228
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for producing ?-phellandrene hydrocarbons from a photosynthetic microorganism such as cyanobacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Fiona K. Davies, Hsu-Ching Chen Wintz, Andreas Zurbriggen
  • Decreased light-harvesting antenna size in cyanobacteria
    Patent number: 10385310
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for increasing photosynthetic efficiency and biomass production in cyanobacterial cultures by minimizing the phycobilisome light-harvesting antenna size through disruption of the phycocyanin-encoding CPC-operon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Henning Kirst
  • PRODUCTION OF MONOTERPENE BLENDS BY UNICELLULAR PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS
    Publication number: 20190203232
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods for providing high product yield of transgenes expressed in cyanobacteria and microalgae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Cinzia Formighieri
  • METHOD TO INCREASE CROP PLANT FOLIAGE PRODUCTIVITY
    Publication number: 20190166774
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed to improve biomass accumulation in Truncated Light-harvesting Antenna (TLA) crop plant canopies as compared to biomass accumulation measured in wild-type counterparts grown under the same high canopy-density, agronomic, and ambient sunlight conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Henning Kirst, Peggy G. Lemaux, Stephane T. Gabilly
  • PRODUCTION OF BETA-PHELLANDRENE USING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS
    Publication number: 20180171363
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for producing ?-phellandrene hydrocarbons from a photosynthetic microorganism such as cyanobacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Anastasios MELIS, Fiona K. DAVIES, Hsu-Ching Chen WINTZ, Andreas ZURBRIGGEN
  • FUSION CONSTRUCTS AS PROTEIN OVER-EXPRESSION VECTORS
    Publication number: 20180171342
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods for providing high product yield of transgenes expressed in cyanobacteria and microalgae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Cinzia Formighieri
  • Production of ?-phellandrene using genetically engineered cyanobacteria
    Patent number: 9951354
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for producing ?-phellandrene hydrocarbons from cyanobacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Fiona K. Davies, Hsu-Ching Chen Wintz, Andreas Zurbriggen
  • DECREASED LIGHT-HARVESTING ANTENNA SIZE IN CYANOBACTERIA
    Publication number: 20170088812
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for increasing photosynthetic efficiency and biomass production in cyanobacterial cultures by minimizing the phycobilisome light-harvesting antenna size through disruption of the phycocyanin-encoding CPC-operon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Henning Kirst
  • Continuous diffusion based method of cultivating photosynthetic microorganisms in a sealed photobioreactor to obtain volatile hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 8993290
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods of obtaining volatile hydrocarbons produced by photosynthetic microorganisms using a two-phase gaseous/aqueous bioreactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Fiona Bentley, Hsu-Ching Chen Wintz
  • PRODUCTION OF BETA-PHELLANDRENE USING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CYANOBACTERIA
    Publication number: 20140370562
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for producing ?-phellandrene hydrocarbons from cyanobacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Fiona K. Bentley, Hsu-Ching Chen Wintz, Andreas Zurbriggen
  • SUPPRESSION OF TLA2-CpFTSY GENE EXPRESSION FOR IMPROVED SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTIVITY IN ALGAE
    Publication number: 20140295448
    Abstract: The invention provides method and compositions to minimize the chlorophyll antenna size of photosynthesis by decreasing TLA2 gene expression, thereby improving solar conversion efficiencies and photosynthetic productivity in green microalgae, under bright sunlight conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Henning Kirst
  • Isoprene hydrocarbon production using genetically engineered cyanobacteria
    Patent number: 8802407
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for producing isoprene hydrocarbons from cyanobacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Anastasios Melis, Pia Lindberg
  • SUPPRESSION OF TLA1 GENE EXPRESSION FOR IMPROVED PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTIVITY
    Publication number: 20140154732
    Abstract: The invention provides method and compositions to minimize the chlorophyll antenna size of photosynthesis by decreasing TLA1 gene expression, thereby improving solar conversion efficiencies and photosynthetic productivity in plants, e.g., green microalgae, under bright sunlight conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Anastasios MELIS, Mautusi MITRA