Patents by Inventor Fernando Sanchez

Fernando Sanchez 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).

  • Linoleate isomerase
    Publication number: 20050186583
    Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated linoleate isomerase and its nucleic acid and amino acid sequence. The present invention also provides a method for producing CLA from an oil using an immobilized bacterial cell or an isolated linoleate isomerase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Reinhardt Rosson, Alan Grund, Ming-De Deng, Fernando Sanchez-Riera
  • Linoleate isomerase
    Patent number: 6743609
    Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated linoleate isomerase and its nucleic acid and amino acid sequence. The present invention also provides a method for producing CLA from an oil using an immobilized bacterial cell or an isolated linoleate isomerase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Arkion Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Reinhardt A. Rosson, Alan D. Grund, Ming-De Deng, Fernando Sanchez-Riera
  • Enzymatic conversion of .alpha.-hydroxynitriles to the corresponding .alpha .
    Patent number: 5866379
    Abstract: Enzymes derived from the isolated and substantially purified microorganisms of the present invention, designated herein as strains 52 and 56wt, are capable of hydrating nitriles such as 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-butanenitrile (HMB-nitrile) to their corresponding amides, and further, of hydrolyzing amides such as 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-butaneamide (HMB-amide) to their corresponding carboxylic acids. Advantageously, the nitrile hydratase of these strains is not substantially inhibited by the .alpha.-hydroxybutyramide product being formed; rather, this enzyme maintains the ability to hydrate an .alpha.-hydroxybutyronitrile to its corresponding amide even at high amide concentrations, including at saturating amide conditions. As such, enzymes derived from strains 52 and 56wt are particularly suited for commercial use in preparing agrichemical intermediates such as HMB-amide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Novus International
    Inventors: Richard P. Burlingame, James R. Millis, Fernando Sanchez-Riera, Thomas F. Blackburn, Alan D. Grund
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D439154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Inventor: Fernando Sanchez Alexanco