Patents by Inventor Indira THAPA

Indira THAPA 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).

  • BIOBASED PRODUCTION OF FUNCTIONALIZED ALPHA-SUBSTITUTED ACRYLATES AND C4-DICARBOXYLATES
    Publication number: 20180179499
    Abstract: The description provides, inter alia, recombinant microorganisms, engineered metabolic pathways, chemical catalysts, and products produced through the use of the described methods and materials. The products produced include functionalized alpha substituted C4 dicarboxylic acids and functionalized acrylic acids and salts, esters and lactones thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Man Kit LAU, Cathy Staloch HASS, Hayat Nuru AHMED, Ralph Thomas BAKER, James R. MILLIS, Indira THAPA
  • ORGANIC ACIDS FROM HOMOCITRATE AND HOMOCITRATE DERIVATIVES
    Publication number: 20170113993
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods for converting homocitric acid to adipic acid, and more particularly to methods of using metal catalysts to catalyze the conversion of homocitric acid to adipic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Ralph Thomas BAKER, James F. WHITE, Leo E. MANZER, Spyridon NTAIS, Olena BARANOVA, Indira THAPA, Man Kit LAU, Cathy Staloch HASS