Patents by Inventor Eva Eckl

Eva Eckl 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).

  • ENGINEERED MICROORGANISMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TARGET COMPOUNDS UNDER ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20100143997
    Abstract: The present invention is generally provides recombinant microorganisms comprising engineered metabolic pathways capable of producing C3-C5 alcohols under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The invention further provides ketol-acid reductoisomerase enzymes which have been mutated or modified to increase their NADH-dependent activity or to switch the cofactor preference from NADPH to NADH and are expressed in the modified microorganisms. In addition, the invention provides isobutyraldehyde dehydrogenase enzymes expressed in modified microorganisms. Also provided are methods of producing beneficial metabolites under aerobic and anaerobic conditions by contacting a suitable substrate with the modified microorganisms of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Buelter, Peter Meinhold, Reid M. Renny Feldman, Eva Eckl, Andrew Hawkins, Aristos Aristidou, Catherine Asleson Dundon, Doug Lies, Sabine Bastian, Frances Arnold, Jun Urano