Patents by Inventor Bernice Chin-yun Lin

Bernice Chin-yun Lin 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).

  • Sugar transport sequences, yeast strains having improved sugar uptake, and methods of use
    Patent number: 9150869
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid constructs comprising coding sequences operably linked to a promoter not natively associated with the coding sequence. The coding sequences encode Pichia stipitis proteins that allow recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the protein to grow on xylose, and allow or increase uptake of xylose by Pichia stipitis or Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the coding sequences. Expression of the coding sequences enhances uptake of xylose and/or glucose, allowing increased ethanol or xylitol production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Thomas William Jeffries, JuYun Bae, Bernice Chin-Yun Lin, Jennifer Rebecca Headman Van Vleet
  • SUGAR TRANSPORT SEQUENCES, YEAST STRAINS HAVING IMPROVED SUGAR UPTAKE, AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20150176014
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid constructs comprising coding sequences operably linked to a promoter not natively associated with the coding sequence. The coding sequences encode Pichia stipitis proteins that allow recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the protein to grow on xylose, and allow or increase uptake of xylose by Pichia stipitis or Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the coding sequences. Expression of the coding sequences enhances uptake of xylose and/or glucose, allowing increased ethanol or xylitol production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas William Jeffries, JuYun Bae, Bernice Chin-Yun Lin, Jennifer Rebecca Headman Van Vleet
  • Sugar transport sequences, yeast strains having improved sugar uptake, and methods of use
    Patent number: 8916367
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid constructs comprising coding sequences operably linked to a promoter not natively associated with the coding sequence. The coding sequences encode Pichia stipitis proteins that allow recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the protein to grow on xylose, and allow or increase uptake of xylose by Pichia stipitis or Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the coding sequences. Expression of the coding sequences enhances uptake of xylose and/or glucose, allowing increased ethanol or xylitol production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Thomas William Jeffries, JuYun Bae, Bernice Chin-yun Lin, Jennifer Rebecca Headman Van Vleet
  • SUGAR TRANSPORT SEQUENCES, YEAST STRAINS HAVING IMPROVED SUGAR UPTAKE, AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20120164704
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid constructs comprising coding sequences operably linked to a promoter not natively associated with the coding sequence. The coding sequences encode Pichia stipitis proteins that allow recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the protein to grow on xylose, and allow or increase uptake of xylose by Pichia stipitis or Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the coding sequences. Expression of the coding sequences enhances uptake of xylose and/or glucose, allowing increased ethanol or xylitol production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicants: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: THOMAS WILLIAM JEFFRIES, JUYUN BAE, BERNICE CHIN-YUN LIN, JENNIFER REBECCA HEADMAN VAN VLEET
  • Sugar transport sequences, yeast strains having improved sugar uptake, and methods of use
    Patent number: 8105811
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid constructs comprising coding sequences operably linked to a promoter not natively associated with the coding sequence. The coding sequences encode Pichia stipitis proteins that allow recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the protein to grow on xylose, and allow or increase uptake of xylose by Pichia stipitis or Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the coding sequences. Expression of the coding sequences enhances uptake of xylose and/or glucose, allowing increased ethanol or xylitol production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignees: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Thomas William Jeffries, JuYun Bae, Bernice Chin-yun Lin, Jennifer Rebecca Headman Van Vleet
  • SUGAR TRANSPORT SEQUENCES, YEAST STRAINS HAVING IMPROVED SUGAR UPTAKE, AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20090325241
    Abstract: Disclosed are nucleic acid constructs comprising coding sequences operably linked to a promoter not natively associated with the coding sequence. The coding sequences encode Pichia stipitis proteins that allow recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the protein to grow on xylose, and allow or increase uptake of xylose by Pichia stipitis or Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing the coding sequences. Expression of the coding sequences enhances uptake of xylose and/or glucose, allowing increased ethanol or xylitol production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas William Jeffries, JuYun Bae, Bernice Chin-yun Lin, Jennifer Rebecca Headman Van Vleet