Patents by Inventor Avram Michael Slovic

Avram Michael Slovic 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).

  • Patent number: 11345908
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to modified microorganisms comprising an optimized system for oligosaccharide utilization comprising one or more polynucleotides coding for one or more energy independent oligosaccharide transporters for transporting an oligosaccharide into the microorganism, one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes that catalyze the conversion of the oligosaccharide into at least one phosphorylated saccharide, and one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes that catalyze the conversion of the phosphorylated saccharide into an isomer of the phosphorylated saccharide that is utilized in one or more enzymatic pathways in the microorganism for the production of an organic molecule such as acetic acid, acrylic acid, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, lactic acid, etc. The present disclosure also generally relates to methods of using the optimized system for oligosaccharide utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: BRASKEM S.A.
    Inventors: Avram Michael Slovic, Daniel Johannes Koch
  • Patent number: 10774317
    Abstract: The disclosure provides engineered enzymes that are capable of mediating the conversion of acetoacetyl-CoA to acetoacetate that do not react with the same order of magnitude with acetyl-CoA as they do with acetoacetyl-CoA (e.g., the engineered enzymes have a specific acetoacetyl-CoA hydrolase activity at least 10× higher than its acetyl-CoA hydrolase activity). Additionally, the disclosure provides modified microorganisms that comprise the engineered enzymes disclosed herein and methods of using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: BRASKEM S.A.
    Inventors: Avram Michael Slovic, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Daniel Johannes Koch, Felipe Galzerani
  • Patent number: 10273505
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods of using microorganisms that comprise one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes in one or more pathways that catalyze a conversion of a fermentable carbon source to butadiene and products and processes derived therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: BRASKEM S.A.
    Inventors: Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, Avram Michael Slovic, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Johana Rincones Perez, Lucas Pedersen Parizzi
  • Publication number: 20180346936
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods of using microorganisms that comprise one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes in one or more pathways that catalyze a conversion of a fermentable carbon source to butadiene and products and processes derived therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, Avram Michael Slovic, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Johana Rincones Perez, Lucas Pedersen Parizzi
  • Publication number: 20180327727
    Abstract: The disclosure provides engineered enzymes that are capable of mediating the conversion of acetoacetyl-CoA to acetoacetate that do not react with the same order of magnitude with acetyl-CoA as they do with acetoacetyl-CoA (e.g., the engineered enzymes have a specific acetoacetyl-CoA hydrolase activity at least 10x higher than its acetyl-CoA hydrolase activity). Additionally, the disclosure provides modified microorganisms that comprise the engineered enzymes disclosed herein and methods of using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Avram Michael Slovic, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Daniel Johannes Koch, Felipe Galzerani
  • Patent number: 10059963
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to microorganisms that comprise one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes in one or more pathways that catalyze a conversion of a fermentable carbon source to butadiene. Also provided are methods of using the microorganisms in industrial processes including, for use in the production of butadiene and products derived therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: BRASKEM S.A.
    Inventors: Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, Avram Michael Slovic, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Johana Rincones Perez, Lucas Pedersen Parizzi
  • Patent number: 10000744
    Abstract: The disclosure provides engineered enzymes that are capable of mediating the conversion of acetoacetyl-CoA to acetoacetate that do not react with the same order of magnitude with acetyl-CoA as they do with acetoacetyl-CoA (e.g., the engineered enzymes have a specific acetoacetyl-CoA hydrolase activity at least 10× higher than its acetyl-CoA hydrolase activity). Additionally, the disclosure provides modified microorganisms that comprise the engineered enzymes disclosed herein and methods of using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Braskem S.A.
    Inventors: Avram Michael Slovic, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Daniel Johannes Koch, Felipe Galzerani
  • Publication number: 20170204394
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to modified microorganisms comprising an optimized system for oligosaccharide utilization comprising one or more polynucleotides coding for one or more energy independent oligosaccharide transporters for transporting an oligosaccharide into the microorganism, one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes that catalyze the conversion of the oligosaccharide into at least one phosphorylated saccharide, and one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes that catalyze the conversion of the phosphorylated saccharide into an isomer of the phosphorylated saccharide that is utilized in one or more enzymatic pathways in the microorganism for the production of an organic molecule such as acetic acid, acrylic acid, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, lactic acid, etc. The present disclosure also generally relates to methods of using the optimized system for oligosaccharide utilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Avram Michael Slovic, Daniel Johannes Koch
  • Patent number: 9518273
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to microorganisms that comprise one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes in one or more pathways that catalyze a conversion of a fermentable carbon source to butadiene. Also provided are methods of using the microorganisms in industrial processes including, for use in the production of butadiene and products derived therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Inventors: Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, Avram Michael Slovic, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Johana Rincones Perez, Lucas Pedersen Parizzi
  • Publication number: 20160208228
    Abstract: The disclosure provides engineered enzymes that are capable of mediating the conversion of acetoacetyl-CoA to acetoacetate that do not react with the same order of magnitude with acetyl-CoA as they do with acetoacetyl-CoA (e.g., the engineered enzymes have a specific acetoacetyl-CoA hydrolase activity at least 10x higher than its acetyl-CoA hydrolase activity). Additionally, the disclosure provides modified microorganisms that comprise the engineered enzymes disclosed herein and methods of using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Avram Michael Slovic, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Daniel Johannes Koch, Felipe Galzerani
  • Publication number: 20160032325
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to microorganisms that comprise one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes in one or more pathways that catalyze a conversion of a fermentable carbon source to butadiene. Also provided are methods of using the microorganisms in industrial processes including, for use in the production of butadiene and products derived therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, Avram Michael Slovic, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Johana Rincones Perez, Lucas Pedersen Parizzi
  • Publication number: 20150211024
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to microorganisms (e.g., non-naturally occurring microorganisms) that comprise one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes in a pathway that catalyze a conversion of a carbon source (e.g., a fermentable carbon source) to terpene and a co-product such as succinate, 1,3-butanediol, or crotonyl alcohol and the use of such microorganisms for the production of terpene and a co-product such as succinate, 1,3-butanediol, or crotonyl alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, Avram Michael Slovic
  • Publication number: 20150152439
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to microorganisms that comprise one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes in one or more pathways that catalyze a conversion of a fermentable carbon source to butadiene. Also provided are methods of using the microorganisms in industrial processes including, for use in the production of butadiene and products derived therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, Avram Michael Slovic, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Johana Rincones Perez, Lucas Pedersen Parizzi
  • Publication number: 20150152440
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to microorganisms that comprise one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes in a pathway that catalyzes a conversion of a fermentable carbon source to butadiene and/or one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes in a pathway that catalyzes a conversion of a fermentable carbon source to 1-propanol and/or 1,2-propanadiol. Also provided are methods of using the microorganisms to produce butadiene and co-products such 1-propanol and/or 1,2-propanediol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Braskem S.A.
    Inventors: Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, Avram Michael Slovic, Paulo Luiz de Andrade Coutinho, Antonio Luiz Ribeiro De Castro Morschbacker
  • Publication number: 20150064759
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-naturally occurring microorganism comprising: one or more polynucleotides encoding one or more enzymes in a pathway that produces acetyl-CoA; one or more polynucleotides encoding one or more enzymes in a pathway that catalyze a conversion of cytosolic acetyl-CoA to 2-propanol; one or more polynucleotides encoding one or more enzymes in a pathway that catalyze a conversion of dihydroxyacetone-phosphate to 1-propanol and/or 1,2-propanediol, wherein the microorganism has reduced levels of pyruvate decarboxylase enzymatic activity (e.g., the microorganism comprises a disruption of one or more enzymes that decarboxylate pyruvate and/or a disruption of one or more transcription factors of one or more enzymes that decarboxylate pyruvate), and wherein the microorganism is capable of growing on a C6 sugar as a sole carbon source under anaerobic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Johana Rincones Perez, Juan Diego Rojas Rojas, Ane Fernanda Beraldi Zeidler, Aline Silva Romao Dumaresq, Marilene Elizabete Pavan Rodrigues, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Felipe Galzerani, Daniel Johannes Koch, Lucas Pedersen Parizzi, Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, Thomas Martin Halder, Antonio Luis Ribeiro De Castro Morschbacker, Avram Michael Slovic
  • Publication number: 20150064760
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a non-naturally occurring microorganism comprising: one or more polynucleotides encoding one or more enzymes in a pathway that produces acetyl-CoA; one or more polynucleotides encoding one or more enzymes in a pathway that catalyze a conversion of crotonyl alcohol, 5-hydroxy-3-ketovaleryl-CoA, 3-ketopent-4-enoyl-CoA, or 3,5-ketovaleryl-CoA to butadiene; one or more polynucleotides encoding one or more enzymes in a pathway that catalyze a conversion of dihydroxyacetone-phosphate to 1-propanol and/or 1,2-propanediol, wherein the microorganism has reduced levels of pyruvate decarboxylase enzymatic activity (e.g., the microorganism comprises a disruption of one or more enzymes that decarboxylate pyruvate and/or a disruption of one or more transcription factors of one or more enzymes that decarboxylate pyruvate), and wherein the microorganism is capable of growing on a C6 sugar as a sole carbon source under anaerobic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Johana Rincones Perez, Juan Diego Rojas Rojas, Ane Fernanda Beraldi Zeidler, Aline Silva Romao Dumaresq, Marilene Elizabete Pavan Rodrigues, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Felipe Galzerani, Daniel Johannes Koch, Lucas Pedersen Parizzi, Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, Thomas Martin Halder, Antonio Luis Ribeiro De Castro Morschbacker, Avram Michael Slovic
  • Publication number: 20140370564
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to microorganisms that comprise one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes in one or more pathways that catalyze a conversion of a fermentable carbon source to butadiene. Also provided are methods of using the microorganisms in industrial processes including, for use in the production of butadiene and products derived therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, Avram Michael Slovic, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Johana Rincones Perez, Lucas Pedersen Parizzi
  • Publication number: 20140134687
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to microorganisms (e.g., non-naturally occurring microorganisms) that comprise one or more polynucleotides coding for enzymes in a pathway that catalyze a conversion of a carbon source (e.g., a fermentable carbon source) to butadiene and succinate and the use of such microorganisms for the production of butadiene and succinate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Braskem S/A AP 09
    Inventors: Mateus Schreiner Garcez Lopes, Avram Michael Slovic