Patents by Inventor George Fleet

George Fleet 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).

  • Deoxyketohexose isomerase and method for producing deoxyhexose and derivative thereof using same
    Patent number: 8389248
    Abstract: Providing 1- or 6-deoxy products corresponding to all of aldohexoses, ketohexoses and sugar alcohols, as based on Deoxy-Izumoring, as well as a method for systematically producing those products. A method for producing deoxyketohexose and a derivative thereof using a deoxyketohexose isomerase derived from Pseudomonas cichorii ST-24 (FERM BP-2736), comprising epimerizing 1-deoxy D-ketohexose or 6-deoxy D-ketohexose or 1-deoxy L-ketohexose or 6-deoxy L-ketohexose at position 3 to produce the individually corresponding 1-deoxy D-ketohexose or 6-deoxy D-ketohexose or 1-deoxy L-ketohexose or 6-deoxy L-ketohexose as an intended product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignees: National University Corporation Kagawa University, Rare Sugar Production Technical Research Laboratories, LLC., Hayashibara Co., Ltd., Matsutani Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Izumori, Masaaki Tokuda, George Fleet, Yoshio Tsujisaka, Kei Takeshita, Keiji Tsusaki, Kazuhiro Okuma
  • DEOXYKETOHEXOSE ISOMERASE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEOXYHEXOSE AND DERIVATIVE THEREOF USING SAME
    Publication number: 20100105885
    Abstract: Providing 1- or 6-deoxy products corresponding to all of aldohexoses, ketohexoses and sugar alcohols, as based on Deoxy-Izumoring, as well as a method for systematically producing those products. A method for producing deoxyketohexose and a derivative thereof using a deoxyketohexose isomerase derived from Pseudomonas cichorii ST-24 (FERM BP-2736), comprising epimerizing 1-deoxy D-ketohexose or 6-deoxy D-ketohexose or 1-deoxy L-ketohexose or 6-deoxy L-ketohexose at position 3 to produce the individually corresponding 1-deoxy D-ketohexose or 6-deoxy D-ketohexose or 1-deoxy L-ketohexose or 6-deoxy L-ketohexose as an intended product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicants: NAT'L UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KAGAWA UNIVERSITY, RARE SUGAR PRODUCTION TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABS., MATSUTANI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA HAYASHIBARA SEIBUTSU KAGAKU KENKYUJO
    Inventors: Ken Izumori, Masaaki Tokuda, George Fleet, Yoshio Tsujisaka, Kei Takeshita, Keiji Tsusaki, Kazuhiro Okuma
  • Pharmaceutically active piperidine derivatives
    Publication number: 20060074107
    Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): wherein R represents various substituent groups, are useful as inhibitors of glucosylceramide synthase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Terence Butters, Raymond Dwek, George Fleet, Michael Orchard, Frances Platt
  • Bis(1,3-dihydroxy-prop-2-yl) amine and derivatives thereof in the manufacture of polymers
    Publication number: 20020052465
    Abstract: Derivatives of bis-(1,3-dihydroxy-prop-2-yl) amine are disclosed, together with the use of such derivatives and of bis(1,3-dihydroxy-prop-2-yl) amine itself in the preparation of polymers, in particular dendrimers. Some of the derivatives may be useful as non-ionic surfactants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: George Fleet, David Scott, Malcolm Finn, Thomas M. Krlle