Patents by Inventor Georges Pignede

Georges Pignede 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).

  • Publication number: 20160348064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a strain capable of efficiently propagating in a low nutritive potential medium, capable of metabolising pentoses and of resisting fermentation inhibitors, comprising the following steps; a) growth of a strain of recombinant yeast with a strain of wild yeast lacking any impairments, the recombinant yeast strain comprising at least one copy of an exogenous gene of xylose isomerase and at least one additional copy of a gene of D-xylulokinase included in the genome and linked to a single sexual characteristic of the strain, b) at least two cycles of genome shuffling by sporulation and or random hybridization, c) selection of the population obtained in step b) according to a suitability criterion of the strains to metabolize xylose, d) selection of the population obtained in step c) according to a suitability criterion of the strains to grow in a Pref type medium, a medium with low nutritive value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: LESAFFRE et COMPAGINE
    Inventors: Thomas Desfougeres, Georges Pignede, Jennifer Techel
  • Patent number: 9458469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining improved strains of yeast by integrating at least one gene of interest in a region linked to a sex expression locus, followed by cross-breeding. The present invention also relates to gene integration cassettes and to vectors that can be used in the context of said method. The present invention also relates to improved strains of yeast obtained by the above method, the derived strains of yeast and the yeasts obtained by culturing said strains of yeast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE
    Inventors: Thomas Desfougeres, Georges Pignede
  • Patent number: 9309524
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for obtaining ethanol-producing yeast strains, yeast strains thus produced, and the industrial production of ethanol from said strains. More particularly, the present invention describes in its most general aspect, a method for preparing yeasts from Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains by means of the integration, into the genome of the yeast, of at least one gene encoding xylose isomerase and of at least one gene encoding xylitol dehydrogenase. The strains of the invention are useful for producing ethanol from a medium comprising at least one pentose, preferably xylose or a mixture of xylose and arabinose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE
    Inventors: Thomas Desfougeres, Georges Pignede
  • Publication number: 20150284730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method for obtaining improved strains of yeast by integrating at least one gene of interest in a region linked to a sex expression locus, followed by cross-breeding. The present invention also relates to gene integration cassettes and to vectors that can be used in the context of said method. The present invention also relates to improved strains of yeast obtained by the above method, the derived strains of yeast and the yeasts obtained by culturing said strains of yeast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Desfougeres, Georges Pignede
  • Publication number: 20150259694
    Abstract: The present invention concerns novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast strains capable of multiplying on a substrate comprising at least one C5 sugar with a speed and rate of multiplication compatible with the industrial production of yeast. It also concerns novel strains which, when cultured, make it possible to obtain yeasts having an application efficiency, i.e. an efficiency that is satisfactory in applications and uses of interest in industries such as breadmaking, biomass production, flavour production, the production of secondary metabolites, protein production, ethanol production, brewing, winemaking or the production of yeast extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE
    Inventors: Thomas Desfougeres, Georges Pignede
  • Patent number: 9090917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of methods for obtaining ethanol-producing yeast strains, to the field of the thus produced strains and to the field of the industrial production of ethanol from said strains. Particularly, the present invention relates, in the most general aspect thereof, to a method for preparing yeasts from industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, to said strains, and to the use thereof in the industrial production of ethanol from industrial media containing at least one pentose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE
    Inventors: Thomas Desfougeres, Georges Pignede, Christophe Rave, Jean-Michel Bavouzet, Didier Colavizza
  • Publication number: 20150104822
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is novel yeast strains capable of metabolizing xylose and resistant to at least one fermentation inhibitor, and also to the method of obtaining same. The subject of the present invention is also the yeasts obtained by culturing said yeast strains and the use thereof for producing at least one fermentation product, preferably ethanol, in particular in a culture medium comprising xylose and at least one fermentation inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Desfougeres, Georges Pignede
  • Publication number: 20130344197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel broad spectrum strains of baker's yeast, i.e. yeast strains that are effective on both dough known as unsweetened dough and dough known as sweet dough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Bartolucci, Didier Colavizza, Melanie Legros, Georges Pignede
  • Patent number: 8476058
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel yeast strains, to the yeasts resulting from these strains, to a composition containing at least one Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast and/or derivatives of a yeast having a particular interest as a food additive and/or probiotic and/or functional food and/or neutraceutic and/or functional ingredient and/or cosmeceutical and/or pharmaceutical active agent. The invention also relates to the use of the same in human and/or animal nutrition, or for the treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: Lesaffre et Compagnie, Universite du Droit et de la Sante Lille 2, Universite d 'Auvergne Clermont 1
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Simon, Georges Pignede, Pascal Vandekerckove, Pierre Desreumaux, Daniel Poulain, Arlette Darfeuille-Michaud, Adeline Sivignon
  • Publication number: 20130040353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of methods for obtaining ethanol-producing yeast strains, to the field of the thus produced strains and to the field of the industrial production of ethanol from said strains. Particularly, the present invention relates, in the most general aspect thereof, to a method for preparing yeasts from industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, to said strains, and to the use thereof in the industrial production of ehtanol from industrial media containing at least one pentose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Desfougeres, Georges Pignede, Christophe Rave, Jean-Michel Bavouzet, Didier Colavizza
  • Publication number: 20120142067
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the methods for obtaining yeast strains producing ethanol, of the thereby produced strains, and of the industrial production of ethanol from said strains. More particularly, the present invention describes in its most general aspect, a method for preparing yeasts from Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains by integration into the genome of the yeast of at least one gene coding for xylose isomerase and of at least one gene coding for xylitol dehydrogenase. The strain of the invention is useful for producing ethanol from a medium comprising at least one pentose, preferably xylose or a xylose and arabinose mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: LESAFFRE ET COMPAGNIE
    Inventors: Thomas DESFOUGERES, Georges PIGNEDE
  • Publication number: 20100303778
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel yeast strains, to the yeasts resulting from these strains, to a composition containing at least one Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast and/or derivatives of a yeast having a particular interest as a food additive and/or probiotic and/or functional food and/or neutraceutic and/or functional ingredient and/or cosmeceutical and/or pharmaceutical active agent. The invention also relates to the use of the same in human and/or animal nutrition, or for the treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Simon, Georges Pignede, Pascal Vandekerckove, Daniel Poulain, Pierre Desreumaux, Arlette Darfeuille-Michaud, Adeline Sivignon
  • Patent number: 6582951
    Abstract: The invention concerns the integration of a gene of interest into the genome of a Yarrowia strain devoid of zeta sequences, by transforming said strain using a vector bearing zeta sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignees: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - INRA, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Nicaud, Claude Gaillardin, Georges Pignede