Patents by Inventor D. Aaron Argyros

D. Aaron Argyros 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).

  • Engineering an increase in ethanol production by altering cofactor specificity
    Patent number: 10767196
    Abstract: The present invention provides for the manipulation of cofactor usage in a recombinant host cell to increase the formation of desirable products. In some embodiments, the invention provides for a recombinant microorganism comprising a mutation in one or more native enzymes such that their cofactor specificity is altered in such a way that overall cofactor usage in the cell is balanced for a specified pathway and there is an increase in a specific product formation within the cell. In some embodiments, endogenous enzymes are replaced by enzymes with an alternate cofactor specificity from a different species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: Enchi Corporation, Dartmouth College, UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Lo, Adam M. Guss, Johannes P. Van Dijken, Arthur J. Shaw, IV, Daniel G. Olson, Christopher D. Herring, D. Aaron Argyros, Nicky Caiazza
  • Genetically modified strain of engineered to ferment xylose and arabinose
    Patent number: 10047380
    Abstract: The present invention provides a microorganism capable of fermenting arabinose to a desired product such as ethanol. In some embodiments, the organism is also capable of fermenting xylose. In some embodiments, the organism is capable of fermenting arabinose and xylose, and expresses one or more cellulases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Lallemand Hungary Liquidity Management LLC
    Inventors: D. Aaron Argyros, Nicky Caiazza, Trisha F. Barrett, Anne K. Warner
  • GENETICALLY MODIFIED STRAIN OF S. CEREVISIAE ENGINEERED TO FERMENT XYLOSE AND ARABINOSE
    Publication number: 20170191088
    Abstract: The present invention provides a microorganism capable of fermenting arabinose to a desired product such as ethanol. In some embodiments, the organism is also capable of fermenting xylose. In some embodiments, the organism is capable of fermenting arabinose and xylose, and expresses one or more cellulases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: D. Aaron Argyros, Nicky Caiazza, Trisha F. Barrett, Anne K. Warner
  • Genetically modified strain of engineered to ferment xylose and arabinose
    Patent number: 9598689
    Abstract: The present invention provides a microorganism capable of fermenting arabinose to a desired product such as ethanol. In some embodiments, the organism is also capable of fermenting xylose. In some embodiments, the organism is capable of fermenting arabinose and xylose, and expresses one or more cellulases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Lallemand Hungary Liquidity Management LLC
    Inventors: D. Aaron Argyros, Nicky Caiazza, Trisha F. Barrett, Anne K. Warner
  • Genetically Modified Strain of S. Cerevisiae Engineered to Ferment Xylose and Arabinose
    Publication number: 20140295516
    Abstract: The present invention provides a microorganism capable of fermenting arabmose to a desired product such as ethanol. In some embodiments, the organism is also capable of fermenting xylose. In some embodiments, the organism is capable of fermenting arabinose and xylose, and expresses one or more cellulases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: D. Aaron Argyros, Nicky Caiazza, Trisha F. Barrett, Anne K. Warner