Patents by Inventor Henrik Fyrst

Henrik Fyrst 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: 20240084343
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to methods of producing small molecules for industrial application using natural organisms and engineered organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: John S. Reed, Itzhak Kurek, Henrik Fyrst, Lisa Dyson
  • Publication number: 20210115481
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to methods of producing small molecules for industrial application using natural organisms and engineered organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: John S. Reed, Itzhak Kurek, Henrik Fyrst, Lisa Dyson
  • Publication number: 20190040427
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are microorganisms containing exogenous or heterologous nucleic acid sequences, wherein the microorganisms are capable of growing on gaseous carbon dioxide, gaseous hydrogen, syngas, or combinations thereof. In some embodiments the microorganisms are chemotrophic bacteria that produce or secrete at least 10% of lipid by weight. Also disclosed are methods of fixing gaseous carbon into organic carbon molecules useful for industrial processes. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing chemicals or producing precursors to chemicals useful in jet fuel, diesel fuel, and biodiesel fuel. Exemplary chemicals or precursors to chemicals useful in fuel production are alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, fatty acid alcohols, fatty acid aldehydes, desaturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated fatty acids, hydroxyl acids, or diacids with carbon chains between six and thirty carbon atoms long.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Itzhak Kurek, John S. Reed, Lisa Dyson, Henrik Fyrst, Christer Jansson, David Galgoczy
  • Patent number: 9957534
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are microorganisms containing exogenous or heterologous nucleic acid sequences, wherein the microorganisms are capable of growing on gaseous carbon dioxide, gaseous hydrogen, syngas, or combinations thereof. In some embodiments the microorganisms are chemotrophic bacteria that produce or secrete at least 10% of lipid by weight. Also disclosed are methods of fixing gaseous carbon into organic carbon molecules useful for industrial processes. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing chemicals or producing precursors to chemicals useful in jet fuel, diesel fuel, and biodiesel fuel. Exemplary chemicals or precursors to chemicals useful in fuel production are alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, fatty acid alcohols, fatty acid aldehydes, desaturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated fatty acids, hydroxyl acids, or diacids with carbon chains between six and thirty carbon atoms long.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Kiverdi, Inc.
    Inventors: Itzhak Kurek, John S. Reed, Lisa Dyson, Henrik Fyrst, Christer Jansson, David Galgoczy
  • Publication number: 20170159087
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to methods of producing small molecules for industrial application using natural organisms and engineered organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Kiverdi, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Reed, Itzhak Kurek, Henrik Fyrst, Lisa Dyson
  • Publication number: 20170152533
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are microorganisms containing exogenous or heterologous nucleic acid sequences, wherein the microorganisms are capable of growing on gaseous carbon dioxide, gaseous hydrogen, syngas, or combinations thereof. In some embodiments the microorganisms are chemotrophic bacteria that produce or secrete at least 10% of lipid by weight. Also disclosed are methods of fixing gaseous carbon into organic carbon molecules useful for industrial processes. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing chemicals or producing precursors to chemicals useful in jet fuel, diesel fuel, and biodiesel fuel. Exemplary chemicals or precursors to chemicals useful in fuel production are alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, fatty acid alcohols, fatty acid aldehydes, desaturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated fatty acids, hydroxyl acids, or diacids with carbon chains between six and thirty carbon atoms long.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Kiverdi, Inc.
    Inventors: Itzhak Kurek, John S. Reed, Lisa Dyson, Henrik Fyrst, Christer Jansson, David Galgoczy
  • Patent number: 9556462
    Abstract: Methods are provided for producing omega-7 fatty acids from feedstock that includes syngas using Rhodococcus microorganisms. The syngas feedstock includes at least one of CO or a mixture of CO2 and H2, and the methods include introducing syngas into a bioreactor, where chemoautotrophic Rhodococcus microorganisms convert the gaseous feedstock into omega-7 fatty acids, such as palmitoleic acid and vaccenic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Kiverdi, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Reed, Itzhak Kurek, Henrik Fyrst, Lisa Dyson
  • Patent number: 9133097
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to unsaturated sphingosine compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer and for the treatment of other diseases including diabetes and infection with intracellular bacteria. The invention is also directed to methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds in treating these diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland, Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Julie D. Saba, Henrik Fyrst, Robert Bittman
  • Publication number: 20150051207
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to unsaturated sphingosine compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer and for the treatment of other diseases including diabetes and infection with intracellular bacteria. The invention is also directed to methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds in treating these diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Julie D. Saba, Henrik Fyrst, Robert Bittman
  • Publication number: 20150017694
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are microorganisms containing exogenous or heterologous nucleic acid sequences, wherein the microorganisms are capable of growing on gaseous carbon dioxide, gaseous hydrogen, syngas, or combinations thereof. In some embodiments the microorganisms are chemotrophic bacteria that produce or secrete at least 10% of lipid by weight. Also disclosed are methods of fixing gaseous carbon into organic carbon molecules useful for industrial processes. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing chemicals or producing precursors to chemicals useful in jet fuel, diesel fuel, and biodiesel fuel. Exemplary chemicals or precursors to chemicals useful in fuel production are alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, fatty acid alcohols, fatty acid aldehydes, desaturated hydrocarbons, unsaturated fatty acids, hydroxyl acids, or diacids with carbon chains between six and thirty carbon atoms long.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: Kiverdi, Inc.
    Inventors: Itzhak Kurek, John S. Reed, Lisa Dyson, Michael Siani-Rose, Henrik Fyrst, Christer Jansson, David Galgoczy
  • Publication number: 20140273112
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to methods of producing small molecules for industrial application using natural organisms and engineered organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Kiverdi, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Reed, Itzhak Kurek, Henrik Fyrst, Lisa Dyson
  • Patent number: 8741967
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to unsaturated sphingosine compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer and for the treatment of other diseases including diabetes and infection with intracellular bacteria. This invention is also directed to methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds in treating these diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignees: Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland, Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Julie D. Saba, Henrik Fyrst, Robert Bittman
  • Publication number: 20110098317
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to unsaturated sphingosine compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer and for the treatment of other diseases including diabetes and infection with intracellular bacteria. This invention is also directed to methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds in treating these diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicants: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND, Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Julie D. Saba, Henrik Fyrst, Robert Bittman
  • Patent number: 7674580
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and kits for diagnosing and treating cancer and muscular disorders are provided. Therapeutic compositions may comprise agents that modulate sphingolipid metabolism and/or signaling pathways. Such compositions may be administered to a mammal afflicted with cancer. Diagnostic methods and kits may employ an agent suitable for detecting alterations in endogenous genes involved in sphingolipid metabolism. Such methods and kits may be used to detect the presence of a cancer or to evaluate the prognosis of a known disease. SPL polypeptides, polynucleotides and antibodies are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland
    Inventors: Julie D Saba, Henrik Fyrst
  • Publication number: 20080085995
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and kits for diagnosing and treating cancer are provided. Therapeutic compositions may comprise agents that modulate the expression or activity of a sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase (SPL). Such compositions may be administered to a mammal afflicted with cancer. Diagnostic methods and kits may employ an agent suitable for detecting alterations in endogenous SPL. Such methods and kits may be used to detect the presence of a cancer or to evaluate the prognosis of a known disease. SPL polypeptides, polynucleotides and antibodies are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTER AT OAKLAND
    Inventors: Julie Saba, Henrik Fyrst
  • Patent number: 7262044
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and kits for diagnosing and treating cancer are provided. Therapeutic compositions may comprise agents that modulate the expression or activity of a sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase (SPL). Such compositions may be administered to a mammal afflicted with cancer. Diagnostic methods and kits may employ an agent suitable for detecting alterations in endogenous SPL. Such methods and kits may be used to detect the presence of a cancer or to evaluate the prognosis of a known disease. SPL polypeptides, polynucleotides and antibodies are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland
    Inventors: Julie D Saba, Henrik Fyrst
  • Publication number: 20050221346
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and kits for diagnosing and treating cancer are provided. Therapeutic compositions may comprise agents that modulate the expression or activity of a sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase (SPL). Such compositions may be administered to a mammal afflicted with cancer. Diagnostic methods and kits may employ an agent suitable for detecting alterations in endogenous SPL. Such methods and kits may be used to detect the presence of a cancer or to evaluate the prognosis of a known disease. SPL polypeptides, polynucleotides and antibodies are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Applicant: Children's Hospital & Reaearch Institute at Oakland
    Inventors: Julie Saba, Henrik Fyrst
  • Patent number: 6830881
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and kits for diagnosing and treating cancer are provided. Therapeutic compositions may comprise agents that modulate the expression or activity of a sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase (SPL). Such compositions may be administered to a mammal afflicted with cancer. Diagnostic methods and kits may employ an agent suitable for detecting alterations in endogenous SPL. Such methods and kits may be used to detect the presence of a cancer or to evaluate the prognosis of a known disease. SPL polypeptides, polynucleotides and antibodies are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Children's Hospital & Research Institute at Oakland
    Inventors: Julie D. Saba, Henrik Fyrst
  • Publication number: 20030219782
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and kits for diagnosing and treating cancer and muscular disorders are provided. Therapeutic compositions may comprise agents that modulate sphingolipid metabolism and/or signaling pathways. Such compositions may be administered to a mammal afflicted with cancer. Diagnostic methods and kits may employ an agent suitable for detecting alterations in endogenous genes involved in sphingolipid metabolism. Such methods and kits may be used to detect the presence of a cancer or to evaluate the prognosis of a known disease. SPL polypeptides, polynucleotides and antibodies are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: Children's Hospital & Research Institute at Oakland
    Inventors: Julie D. Saba, Henrik Fyrst
  • Publication number: 20030175939
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and kits for diagnosing and treating cancer are provided. Therapeutic compositions may comprise agents that modulate the expression or activity of a sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase (SPL). Such compositions may be administered to a mammal afflicted with cancer. Diagnostic methods and kits may employ an agent suitable for detecting alterations in endogenous SPL. Such methods and kits may be used to detect the presence of a cancer or to evaluate the prognosis of a known disease. SPL polypeptides, polynucleotides and antibodies are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
    Inventors: Julie D. Saba, Henrik Fyrst