Patents by Inventor Debbie Yaver

Debbie Yaver 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).

  • Patent number: 9873881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing a biological substance, comprising: (a) cultivating a fungal host cell in a medium conducive for the production of the biological substance, wherein the fungal host cell comprises a first nucleic acid sequence encoding the biological substance operably linked to a second nucleic acid sequence comprising a promoter variant selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, and SEQ ID NO: 12; and a subsequence thereof; and hybrid and tandem promoters thereof; and (b) isolating the biological substance from the cultivation medium. The present invention also relates to the isolated promoter variants and to constructs, vectors, and fungal host cells comprising the promoter variants operably linked to nucleic acid sequences encoding biological substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Debbie Yaver, Peter Nham
  • Patent number: 9777280
    Abstract: The present application discloses genetically modified yeast cells comprising an active 3-HP fermentation pathway, and the use of these cells to produce 3-HP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Holly Jessen, Brian Rush, Jeanette Huryta, Beth Mastel, Alan Berry, Debbie Yaver, Michael Catlett, Michelle Barnhart
  • Publication number: 20170233751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing a biological substance, comprising: (a) cultivating a fungal host cell in a medium conducive for the production of the biological substance, wherein the fungal host cell comprises a first nucleic acid sequence encoding the biological substance operably linked to a second nucleic acid sequence comprising a promoter variant selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, and SEQ ID NO: 12; and a subsequence thereof; and hybrid and tandem promoters thereof; and (b) isolating the biological substance from the cultivation medium. The present invention also relates to the isolated promoter variants and to constructs, vectors, and fungal host cells comprising the promoter variants operably linked to nucleic acid sequences encoding biological substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Debbie Yaver, Peter Nham
  • Publication number: 20170226492
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Debbie Yaver, Paul Harris, Suzanne Otani, Janine Lin, Hanshu Ding
  • Publication number: 20170204441
    Abstract: The present invention relates to enzyme compositions and processes of producing and using the compositions for the saccharification of lignocellulosic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Jeffrey Shasky, Debbie Yaver, Donna Moyer
  • Patent number: 9701970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated promoters and constructs, vectors, and fungal host cells comprising such promoters operably linked to polynucleotides encoding polypeptides. The present invention also relates to methods for producing such polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Sandra Merino, Debbie Yaver
  • Patent number: 9695429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing a biological substance, comprising: (a) cultivating a fungal host cell in a medium conducive for the production of the biological substance, wherein the fungal host cell comprises a first nucleic acid sequence encoding the biological substance operably linked to a second nucleic acid sequence comprising a promoter variant selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, and SEQ ID NO: 12; and a subsequence thereof; and hybrid and tandem promoters thereof; and (b) isolating the biological substance from the cultivation medium. The present invention also relates to the isolated promoter variants and to constructs, vectors, and fungal host cells comprising the promoter variants operably linked to nucleic acid sequences encoding biological substances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Debbie Yaver, Peter Nham
  • Patent number: 9688973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-glucosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Suzanne Otani, Haiyan Ge, Paul Harris, Debbie Yaver, Alexander Blinkovsky
  • Patent number: 9657283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Debbie Yaver, Paul Harris, Suzanne Otani, Janine Lin, Hanshu Ding
  • Publication number: 20170137796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-glucosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: Novozymes Inc.
    Inventors: Suzanne Otani, Haiyan Ge, Paul Harris, Debbie Yaver, Alexander Blinkovsky
  • Publication number: 20170015986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for constructing a filamentous fungal strain for production of multiple recombinant polypeptides having biological activity. The present invention also relates to methods for producing multiple recombinant polypeptides having biological activity in a filamentous fungal strain. The present invention also relates to filamentous fungal strains expressing multiple recombinant polypeptides having biological activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Debbie Yaver, Qiming Jin
  • Patent number: 9539311
    Abstract: The pharmaceutical use of lipases related to the Thermomyces lanuginosus (Humicola lanuginosa) lipase comprising amino acids 1-269 of SEQ ID NO: 2, optionally in combination with a protease and/or an amylase. Examples of medical indications are: Treatment of digestive disorders, pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI), pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, diabetes type I, and/or diabetes type II. The lipases of the invention have, e.g., an improved digestion performance in vitro, an improved activity at a pH in the neutral range, an improved stability at low pH, an are stable against protease-degradation, and/or are stable in the presence of pepsin and bile salts. The invention also relates to methods of determining digestion performance in vitro of lipases, as well as to certain novel variants of the lipase of T. lanuginosus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignees: Novozymes A/S, Novozymes Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Svendsen, Michael Skjoet, Debbie Yaver, Lars Lehmann Hylling Christensen, Signe Eskildsen Larsen, Nina Lundin, Michael Lamsa, Peter Colin Gregory
  • Patent number: 9493790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for constructing a filamentous fungal strain for production of multiple recombinant polypeptides having biological activity. The present invention also relates to methods for producing multiple recombinant polypeptides having biological activity in a filamentous fungal strain. The present invention also relates to filamentous fungal strains expressing multiple recombinant polypeptides having biological activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Debbie Yaver, Qiming Jin
  • Publication number: 20160251666
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated promoters and constructs, vectors, and fungal host cells comprising such promoters operably linked to polynucleotides encoding polypeptides. The present invention also relates to methods for producing such polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Catlett, Debbie Yaver
  • Publication number: 20160177317
    Abstract: The present application discloses genetically modified yeast cells comprising an active 3-HP fermentation pathway, and the use of these cells to produce 3-HP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Holly Jessen, Brian Rush, Jeanette Huryta, Beth Mastel, Alan Berry, Debbie Yaver, Michael Catlett, Michelle Barnhart
  • Publication number: 20160168547
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having lipase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicants: Novozymes Inc., Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Suzanne Otani, Debbie Yaver, Haiyan Ge, Janine Lin, Christopher Amolo, Kim Borch, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Michael Lamsa, Barbara Cherry
  • Patent number: 9359630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated promoters and constructs, vectors, and fungal host cells comprising such promoters operably linked to polynucleotides encoding polypeptides. The present invention also relates to methods for producing such polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Catlett, Debbie Yaver
  • Publication number: 20160152993
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated promoters and constructs, vectors, and fungal host cells comprising such promoters operably linked to polynucleotides encoding polypeptides. The present invention also relates to methods for producing such polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Sandra Merino, Debbie Yaver
  • Publication number: 20160145667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing a polypeptide having biological activity, comprising: (a) cultivating a fungal host cell in a medium conducive for the production of the polypeptide, wherein the fungal host cell comprises a first polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide operably linked to a second polynucleotide encoding a variant signal peptide or a variant prepropeptide; and (b) isolating the secreted polypeptide having biological activity from the cultivation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Mads Bjornvad, Debbie Yaver
  • Patent number: 9303275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having C4-dicarboxylic acid transporter activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, and methods of producing C4-dicarboxylic acids, such as malic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES, INC.
    Inventors: Amanda Fischer, Debbie Yaver