Patents by Inventor Frederic CARLY

Frederic CARLY 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).

  • INDUCIBLE PROMOTER FOR GENE EXPRESSION AND SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
    Publication number: 20200149055
    Abstract: The invention is related to an inducible promoter for improved and regulated gene expression, useful in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. In particular, the present invention relates to a nucleotide sequence comprising the regulatory regions of an erythritol- and erythrulose-inducible promoter in yeast and uses thereof in an expression system thus allowing an improved and regulated gene expression and production of gene product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Jean-Marc NICAUD, Marion TRASSAERT, Stephane THOMAS, Patrick FICKERS, Marie VANDERMIES, Frederic CARLY
  • MUTANT YEAST STRAINS WITH ENHANCED PRODUCTION OF ERYTHRITOL OR ERYTHRULOSE
    Publication number: 20190136278
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for enhancing the erythritol and/or erythrulose productivity and/or yield of an erythritol and/or erythrulose-producing yeast strain, such as Yarrowia lipolytica, comprising inhibiting in said yeast strain the expression or the activity of an endogenous L-erythrulose kinase and/or erythritol dehydrogenase. The invention also relates to a mutant yeast strain obtained by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Jean-Marc NICAUD, Patrick FICKERS, Frederic CARLY