Patents by Inventor Grant Bower

Grant Bower 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).

  • Biotin biosynthesis in bacillus subtilis
    Patent number: 6841366
    Abstract: The invention generally provides the genes of the biotin biosynthetic operon of Bacillus subtilis, and closely related species thereof, and well as constructions useful for high level production of biotin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Stanley Grant Bower, John B. Perkins, R. Rogers Yocum, Janice G. Pero
  • Biotin biosynthesis in bacillus subtilis
    Patent number: 6303377
    Abstract: The invention generally provides the genes of the biotin biosynthetic operon of Bacillus subtilis, and closely related species thereof, and well as constructions useful for high level production of biotin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Roche Vitamins Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley Grant Bower, John B. Perkins, R. Rogers Yocum, Janice G. Pero
  • Biotin biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis
    Patent number: 6057136
    Abstract: The invention generally provides the genes of the biotin biosynthetic operon of Bacillus subtilis, and closely related species thereof, and well as constructions useful for high level production of biotin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Roche Vitamins Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley Grant Bower, John B. Perkins, R. Rogers Yocum, Janice G. Pero
  • Independent pedaling system for tandem bicycles
    Patent number: 5964472
    Abstract: A drive system for a tandem bicycle (10) to allow a captain or a stoker to pedal independently of one another. A unidirectional bearing, e.g., a freewheel assembly (24) is incorporated in a captain crank assembly (20), a stoker crank assembly (100), or both assemblies. In the preferred embodiment of the captain crank assembly, a first adapter plate (36) and a second adapter plate (38) attach the freewheel assembly to a chainring (34). In the preferred embodiment of the stoker crank assembly, a first adapter plate (102) and a second adapter plate (104) attach the freewheel assembly to four chainrings (114, 128, 130, 134). The captain crank assembly is coupled to the stoker crank assembly by a single chain (12), and the stoker crank assembly is coupled to a rear hub (18) of the bicycle by a single chain (14). When the freewheel assembly is incorporated in both the captain crank assembly and the stoker crank assembly, either rider may stop pedaling while the other rider continues to pedal forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Advanced Transportation Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel N. Smith, Grant Bower, Terry McIlraith