Patents by Inventor Atsuko HAYASE

Atsuko HAYASE 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).

  • Sophorolipid Highly-Productive Mutant Strain
    Publication number: 20190062723
    Abstract: Provided is a microorganism exhibiting high production capability for sophorolipids. Disclosed is a yeast mutant strain having high sophorolipid productivity, in which a transporter transporting Acyl-CoA to a peroxisome has been deleted or deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro ICHIHARA, Masatoshi TOHATA, Atsuko HAYASE, Fumikazu TAKAHASHI
  • Method for Producing Acetylated Sphingoid Base
    Publication number: 20160298150
    Abstract: Provided is a means for producing an acetylated sphingoid base using modified microorganism in the genus Starmerella, particularly Starmerella bombicola. A method for producing an acetylated sphingoid base comprising culturing a microorganism in the genus Starmerella to which a xenogeneic gene encoding a polypeptide having an activity to acetylate a sphingoid base is introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kumiko HIRANO, Atsuko HAYASE