Patents by Inventor Behnaz Behrouzian

Behnaz Behrouzian 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: 20150218527
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing Ezetimibe, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Michael A. Crowe, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Yong Koy Bong, Steven J. Collier, Anupam Gohel, Jagadeesh Mavinahalli, Naga K. Modukuru, Emily Mundorff, Derek J. Smith, Shiwei Song, Wan Lin Yeo
  • Patent number: 9040262
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing Ezetimibe, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Crowe, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Yong Koy Bong, Steven J. Collier, Anupam Gohel, Jagadeesh Mavinahalli, Naga Modukuru, Emily Mundorff, Derek Smith, Shiwei Song, Wan Lin Yeo
  • Publication number: 20150087028
    Abstract: The invention relates to recombinant expression of variant forms of M. thermophila CBH1a and homologs thereof, having improved thermoactivity, specific activity, and other desirable properties. Also provided are methods for producing ethanol and other valuable organic compounds by combining cellobiohydrolase variants with cellulosic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Behnaz Behrouzian, Xinkai Xie, Kui Chan, Xiyun Zhang, Vesna Mitchell, Douglas A. Hattendorf
  • Patent number: 8883467
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods of producing fatty alcohols from recombinant host cells comprising genes encoding heterologous fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) enzymes. The disclosure further relates to FAR enzymes and functional fragments thereof derived from marine bacterium and particularly marine gamma proteobacterium such as Marinobacter and Oceanobacter; polynucleotides encoding the FAR enzymes and vectors and host cells comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert McDaniel, Behnaz Behrouzian, Louis Clark, Douglas Hattendorf, Fernando Valle
  • Publication number: 20140099686
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods of producing fatty alcohols from recombinant host cells comprising genes encoding heterologous fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) enzymes. The disclosure further relates to FAR enzymes and functional fragments thereof derived from marine bacterium and particularly marine gamma proteobacterium such as Marinobacter and Oceanobacter; polynucleotides encoding the FAR enzymes and vectors and host cells comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert McDaniel, Behnaz Behrouzian, Louis Clark, Douglas Hattendorf, Fernando Valle
  • Publication number: 20140093929
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods useful for producing fatty alcohol compositions from recombinant host cells. The disclosure further provides variant fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) enzymes, polynucleotides encoding the variant FAR enzymes, and vectors and host cells comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Behnaz Behrouzian, Louis Clark, Yihui Zhu, Michael Clay, Kristian Karlshoej
  • Patent number: 8617864
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, method of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chirally pure compounds, and the chirally pure compounds prepared therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorraine Joan Giver, Lisa Marie Newman, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt W. Huisman, Stephane J. Jenne, Jun Zhu, Behnaz Behrouzian, John H. Grate, James Lalonde
  • Patent number: 8574878
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods useful for producing fatty alcohol compositions from recombinant host cells. The disclosure further provides variant fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) enzymes, polynucleotides encoding the variant FAR enzymes, and vectors and host cells comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Inventors: Behnaz Behrouzian, Louis Clark, Yihui Zhu, Michael Clay, Kristian Karlshoej
  • Patent number: 8574877
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods of producing fatty alcohols from recombinant host cells comprising genes encoding heterologous fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) enzymes. The disclosure further relates to FAR enzymes and functional fragments thereof derived from marine bacterium and particularly marine gamma proteobacterium such as Marinobacter and Oceanobacter; polynucleotides encoding the FAR enzymes and vectors and host cells comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert McDaniel, Behnaz Behrouzian, Louis Clark, Douglas A. Hattendorf, Fernando Valle
  • Patent number: 8569013
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to engineered penicillin G acylase (PGA) enzymes having improved properties, polynucleotides encoding such enzymes, compositions including the enzymes, and methods of using the enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Behnaz Behrouzian, Anke Krebber, Emily Mundorff
  • Publication number: 20130260426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing armodafinil, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides. The non-naturally occurring polypeptides of the present invention are effective in carrying out biocatalytic conversion of the (i) 2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetamide to (?)-2-[(R)-(diphenyl-methyl)sulfinyl]acetamide (armodafinil), or (ii) benzhydryl-thioacetic acid to (R)-2-(benzhydrylsulfinyl)acetic acid, which is a pivotal intermediate in the synthesis of armodafinil, in enantiomeric excess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Ee Lui Ang, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Michael Clay, Steven Collier, Ellen Eberhard, Fan Jaslyn Fu, Shiwei Song, Derek Smith, Magnus Widegren, Robert Wilson, Junye Xu, Jun Zhu
  • Publication number: 20130052699
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to non-naturally occurring polypeptides useful for preparing Ezetimibe, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Crowe, Oscar Alvizo, Behnaz Behrouzian, Yong Koy Bong, Steven J. Collier, Anupam Gohel, Jagadeesh Mavinahalli, Naga Modukuru, Emily Mundorff, Derek Smith, Shiwei Song, Wan Lin Yeo
  • Publication number: 20130040352
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods of producing fatty alcohols from recombinant host cells comprising genes encoding heterologous fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) enzymes. The disclosure further relates to FAR enzymes and functional fragments thereof derived from marine bacterium and particularly marine gamma proteobacterium such as Marinobacter and Oceanobacter; polynucleotides encoding the FAR enzymes and vectors and host cells comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert McDaniel, Behnaz Behrouzian, Louis Clark, Douglas Hattendorf, Fernando Valle
  • Publication number: 20130040364
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, method of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chirally pure compounds, and the chirally pure compounds prepared therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Lorraine Joan Giver, Lisa Marie Newman, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt W. Huisman, Stephane J. Jenne, Jun Zhu, Behnaz Behrouzian, John H. Grate, James Lalonde
  • Publication number: 20120270282
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to engineered penicillin G acylase (PGA) enzymes having improved properties, polynucleotides encoding such enzymes, compositions including the enzymes, and methods of using the enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Behnaz Behrouzian, Anke Krebber, Emily Mundorff
  • Patent number: 8273547
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, method of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chirally pure compounds, and the chirally pure compounds prepared therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorraine Joan Giver, Lisa Marie Newman, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt W. Huisman, Stephane J. Jenne, Jun Zhu, Behnaz Behrouzian, John H. Grate, James Lalonde
  • Patent number: 8247192
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to engineered penicillin G acylase (PGA) enzymes having improved properties, polynucleotides encoding such enzymes, compositions including the enzymes, and methods of using the enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Behnaz Behrouzian, Anke Krebber, Emily Mundorff
  • Patent number: 8216815
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods of producing fatty alcohols from recombinant host cells comprising genes encoding heterologous fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) enzymes. The disclosure further relates to FAR enzymes and functional fragments thereof derived from marine bacterium and particularly marine gamma proteobacterium such as Marinobacter and Oceanobacter; polynucleotides encoding the FAR enzymes and vectors and host cells comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert McDaniel, Behnaz Behrouzian, Louis Clark, Douglas Hattendorf, Fernando Valle
  • Publication number: 20120009640
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods useful for producing fatty alcohol compositions from recombinant host cells. The disclosure further provides variant fatty acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) enzymes, polynucleotides encoding the variant FAR enzymes, and vectors and host cells comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Behnaz Behrouzian, Louis Clark, Yihui Zhu, Michael Clay, Kristian Karlshoej
  • Publication number: 20110195465
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, method of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chirally pure compounds, and the chirally pure compounds prepared therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Lorraine Joan Giver, Lisa Marie Newman, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt W. Huisman, Stephane J. Jenne, Jun Zhu, Behnaz Behrouzian, John H. Grate, James Lalonde