Patents by Inventor Gwenaëlle CORRE

Gwenaëlle CORRE 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).

  • Method for the fermentative production of molecules of interest by microorganisms comprising genes coding sugar phosphotransferase system (PTS)
    Patent number: 10961499
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new method for the production of a molecule of interest by conversion of a source of carbon in a fermentative process comprising culturing a microorganism genetically modified for the production of molecule of interest, wherein said microorganism comprises functional genes coding PTS carbohydrate utilization system and wherein the expression of proteins regulated the expression of phosphoenolpyruvate synthase (PPS) is down-regulated. The present invention also relates to the genetically modified microorganism used in the method of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Gwénaëlle Corre, Céline Raynaud
  • Conversion of methylglyoxal into hydroxyacetone using novel enzymes and applications thereof
    Patent number: 10889840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new methylglyoxal reductase (MGR) enzymes which are useful for efficiently converting methylglyoxal into hydroxyacetone. The invention more particularly relates to a method for efficiently converting methylglyoxal into hydroxyacetone using said enzymes, to a method for producing 1,2-propanediol using a microorganism overexpressing said enzymes, and to said microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Laetitia Faure, Gwenaëlle Corre, Céline Raynaud, Laurence Dumon-Seignovert
  • Microorganism modified for the assimilation of levulinic acid
    Patent number: 10801050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a genetically modified microorganism for the fermentative conversion of levulinic acid into propionyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA, and to a fermentation process for performing said conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Gwenaëlle Corre, Laurence Dumon-Seignovert, Philippe Soucaille
  • Methods and microorganisms for the production of glycolic acid and/or glyoxylic acid
    Patent number: 10774320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and recombinant microorganisms useful for the production of glycolic acid and/or glyoxylic acid. The methods of the invention involve either only one step of fermentation of the modified microorganisms of the invention or one step of fermentation of the modified microorganisms of the invention and one step of either biological or chemical conversion of the glycolic acid or of the glyoxylic acid, the microorganism of the invention over expressing a phosphoketolase gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Wanda Dischert, Gwenaëlle Corre, Philippe Soucaille
  • Lactaldehyde reductases for the production of 1,2-propanediol
    Patent number: 10731137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new lactaldehyde reductase (LAR) enzymes useful for the production of 1,2-propanediol and to microorganisms overexpressing said enzymes. The invention also relates to a method for producing 1,2-propanediol by converting lactaldehyde into 1,2-propanediol with said enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Gwénaëlle Corre, Pascale Aliprandi
  • CONVERSION OF METHYLGLYOXAL INTO HYDROXYACETONE USING NOVEL ENZYMES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200181652
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new methylglyoxal reductase (MGR) enzymes which are useful for efficiently converting methylglyoxal into hydroxyacetone. The invention more particularly relates to a method for efficiently converting methylglyoxal into hydroxyacetone using said enzymes, to a method for producing 1,2-propanediol using a microorganism overexpressing said enzymes, and to said microorganism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Laetitia FAURE, Gwenaëlle CORRE, Céline RAYNAUD, Laurence DUMON-SEIGNOVERT
  • METHODS AND MICROORGANISMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GLYCOLIC ACID AND/OR GLYOXYLIC ACID
    Publication number: 20190367898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and recombinant microorganisms useful for the production of glycolic acid and/or glyoxylic acid. The methods of the invention involve either only one step of fermentation of the modified microorganisms of the invention or one step of fermentation of the modified microorganisms of the invention and one step of either biological or chemical conversion of the glycolic acid or of the glyoxylic acid, the microorganism of the invention over expressing a phosphoketolase gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Wanda DISCHERT, Gwenaëlle CORRE, Philippe SOUCAILLE
  • METHOD FOR THE FERMENTATIVE PRODUCTION OF MOLECULES OF INTEREST BY MICROORGANISMS COMPRISING GENES CODING SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM (PTS)
    Publication number: 20190276794
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new method for the production of a molecule of interest by conversion of a source of carbon in a fermentative process comprising culturing a microorganism genetically modified for the production of molecule of interest, wherein said microorganism comprises functional genes coding PTS carbohydrate utilization system and wherein the expression of proteins regulated the expression of phosphoenolpyruvate synthase (PPS) is down-regulated. The present invention also relates to the genetically modified microorganism used in the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Gwénaëlle CORRE, Céline RAYNAUD
  • MICROORGANISM MODIFIED FOR THE ASSIMILATION OF LEVULINIC ACID
    Publication number: 20180312890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a genetically modified microorganism for the fermentative conversion of levulinic acid into propionyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA, and to a fermentation process for performing said conversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Gwenaëlle CORRE, Laurence DUMON-SEIGNOVERT, Philippe SOUCAILLE
  • NEW LACTALDEHYDE REDUCTASES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 1,2-PROPANEDIOL
    Publication number: 20180282706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new lactaldehyde reductase (LAR) enzymes useful for the production of 1,2-propane-diol and to microorganisms overexpressing said enzymes. The invention also relates to a method for producing 1,2-propanediol by converting lactaldehyde into 1,2-propanediol with said enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: METABOLIC EXPLORER
    Inventors: Gwénaëlle CORRE, Pascale ALIPRANDI