Patents by Inventor Franklin Lu

Franklin Lu 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).

  • METABOLITE FINGERPRINTING
    Publication number: 20230078488
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for predicting phenotypic performance of a host cell in industrial culture. Specifically, the present disclosure provides methods for predicting phenotypic performance of a host cell in industrial culture by determining the metabolite fingerprinting profile of a host cell in small lab-scale culture and applying said profile to a predictive model of phenotypic performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Erik Jedediah DEAN, Stephen LOK, Ana Belen IBANEZ ZAMORA, Ee-Been GOH, Stefan BAUER, Franklin LU
  • ENGINEERED BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS FOR PRODUCTION OF L-HOMOCYSTEINE BY FERMENTATION
    Publication number: 20220162655
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of L-homocysteine and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related L-homocysteine production methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Zymergen Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shareef Siddiqui, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Franklin Lu, Stefan de Kok, Cara Ann Tracewell, Steven M. Edgar, Jennifer Yip
  • Engineered biosynthetic pathways for production of tyramine by fermentation
    Patent number: 11028416
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of tyramine and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related tyramine production methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: ZYMERGEN INC.
    Inventors: Michael Shareef Siddiqui, Stefan de Kok, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Franklin Lu, Cara Ann Tracewell, Steven M. Edgar
  • ENGINEERED BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS FOR PRODUCTION OF TYRAMINE BY FERMENTATION
    Publication number: 20190390236
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes the engineering of microbial cells for fermentative production of tyramine and provides novel engineered microbial cells and cultures, as well as related tyramine production methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Shareef Siddiqui, Stefan de Kok, Alexander Glennon Shearer, Franklin Lu, Cara Ann Tracewell, Steven M. Edgar