Patents by Inventor Derrick Allen Pulliam

Derrick Allen Pulliam 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).

  • Microbially expresses xylanases and their use as feed additives and other uses
    Patent number: 7662415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to codon-optimized xylanase coding sequences and the expression of xylanases in microbes and yeast. The invention further relates to using multiple copies of the xylanase expression construct for high levels of protein expression. The invention also relates to the use of xylanases as feed or food additives. The invention also relates to methods of expression of enzymes to increase thermotolerance by expressing them in organisms that glycosylate proteins compared to expression that the same enzyme without the glycosylation. Further, the invention relates to methods of preparing feed, enzyme feed additives, and methods of reducing the feed conversion ration or increasing weight gain of animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Michael Richard Bedford, Derrick Allen Pulliam
  • Microbially expresses xylanases and their use as feed additives and other uses
    Publication number: 20080187627
    Abstract: The present invention relates to codon-optimized xylanase coding sequences and the expression of xylanases in microbes and yeast. The invention further relates to using multiple copies of the xylanase expression construct for high levels of protein expression. The invention also relates to the use of xylanases as feed or food additives. The invention also relates to methods of expression of enzymes to increase thermotolerance by expressing them in organisms that glycosylate proteins compared to expression that the same enzyme without the glycosylation. Further, the invention relates to methods of preparing feed, enzyme feed additives, and methods of reducing the feed conversion ration or increasing weight gain of animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Michael Richard Bedford, Derrick Allen Pulliam
  • Microbially expressed xylanases and their use as feed additives and other uses
    Patent number: 7291493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to codon-optimized xylanase coding sequences and the expression of xylanases in microbes and yeast. The invention further relates to using multiple copies of the xylanase expression construct for high levels of protein expression. The invention also relates to the use of xylanases as feed or food additives. The invention also relates to methods of expression of enzymes to increase thermotolerance by expressing them in organisms that glycosylate proteins compared to expression that the same enzyme without the glycosylation. Further, the invention relates to methods of preparing feed, enzyme feed additives, and methods of reducing the feed conversion ration or increasing weight gain of animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Michael Bauer, Michael Richard Bedford, Derrick Allen Pulliam