Patents by Inventor Cameron Robert Currie

Cameron Robert Currie 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).

  • Method of creating industrial streptomyces with capability to grow on cellulosic polysaccharide substrates
    Patent number: 10428334
    Abstract: A heterologous gene cassette useful for creating Streptomyces species with enhanced capability of growing on a cellulosic polysaccharide substrate, wherein the cassette comprises at least two members of the following categories: a) a GH6 gene, b) an AA10 gene, c) a GH48 gene, d) a GH5 gene and e) either (i) a GH9 gene, (ii) a GH9 gene and a GH12 gene, or (iii) a GH12 gene is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brian Grant Fox, Robert Joseph Stankey, Cameron Robert Currie, Emily Beebe
  • Method and compositions for improved lignocellulosic material hydrolysis
    Patent number: 10214758
    Abstract: A method of digesting a lignocellulosic material is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the step of exposing the material to an effective amount of Streptomyces sp. ActE secretome such that at least partial lignocellulosic digestion occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brian Grant Fox, Taichi Takasuka, Adam Joel Book, Cameron Robert Currie
  • Method and compositions for improved lignocellulosic material hydrolysis
    Patent number: 10144941
    Abstract: A method of digesting a lignocellulosic material is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the step of exposing the material to an effective amount of Streptomyces sp. ActE secretome such that at least partial lignocellulosic digestion occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brian Grant Fox, Taichi Takasuka, Adam Joel Book, Cameron Robert Currie
  • METHOD OF CREATING INDUSTRIAL STREPTOMYCES WITH CAPABILITY TO GROW ON CELLULOSIC POLYSACCHARIDE SUBSTRATES
    Publication number: 20170283812
    Abstract: A heterologous gene cassette useful for creating Streptomyces species with enhanced capability of growing on a cellulosic polysaccharide substrate, wherein the cassette comprises at least two members of the following categories: a) a GH6 gene, b) an AA10 gene, c) a GH48 gene, d) a GH5 gene and e) either (i) a GH9 gene, (ii) a GH9 gene and a GH12 gene, or (iii) a GH12 gene is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Brian Grant Fox, Robert Joseph Stankey, Cameron Robert Currie, Emily Beebe
  • Method and Compositions for Improved Lignocellulosic Material Hydrolysis
    Publication number: 20160032340
    Abstract: A method of digesting a lignocellulosic material is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the step of exposing the material to an effective amount of Streptomyces sp. ActE secretome such that at least partial lignocellulosic digestion occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Brian Grant Fox, Taichi Takasuka, Adam Joel Book, Cameron Robert Currie
  • Method and Compositions for Improved Lignocellulosic Material Hydrolysis
    Publication number: 20130189744
    Abstract: A method of digesting a lignocellulosic material is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the step of exposing the material to an effective amount of Streptomyces sp. ActE secretome such that at least partial lignocellulosic digestion occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Brian Grant Fox, Taichi Takasuka, Adam Joel Book, Cameron Robert Currie