Patents by Inventor Bo Kyeng Hou

Bo Kyeng Hou 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).

  • Variant microorganism able to produce large amount of fermentation product, and fermentation product production method using same
    Patent number: 9441251
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mutant microorganisms having a high ability to produce fermentation products, and methods for producing fermentation products using the same, and more particularly, to mutant microorganisms having a high ability to produce fermentation products such as lactic acid, succinic acid and ethanol, which has a deletion of genes selected from the genome of enteric bacteria and involved in respiration, electron transport, redox reactions and the like, and methods of producing fermentation products in high yield by culturing the mutant microorganisms under anaerobic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sang Jun Lee, Hyun Ju Kim, Dong-Woo Lee, Joong Su Kim, Haeyoung Jeong, Bo Kyeng Hou
  • VARIANT MICROORGANISM ABLE TO PRODUCE LARGE AMOUNT OF FERMENTATION PRODUCT, AND FERMENTATION PRODUCT PRODUCTION METHOD USING SAME
    Publication number: 20150211031
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mutant microorganisms having a high ability to produce fermentation products, and methods for producing fermentation products using the same, and more particularly, to mutant microorganisms having a high ability to produce fermentation products such as lactic acid, succinic acid and ethanol, which has a deletion of genes selected from the genome of enteric bacteria and involved in respiration, electron transport, redox reactions and the like, and methods of producing fermentation products in high yield by culturing the mutant microorganisms under anaerobic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Sang Jun Lee, Hyun Ju Kim, Dong-Woo Lee, Joong Su Kim, Haeyoung Jeong, Bo Kyeng Hou