Patents by Inventor Ja Kyong Ko

Ja Kyong Ko 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: 20240117389
    Abstract: The present disclosure is to provide a method capable of producing an organic acid in high yield from an acetic acid strain using synthesis gas as a substrate. According to the present disclosure, the productivity of metabolites with C2 to C6 carbon atoms derived from synthesis gas and the selectivity of hexanoic acid production among metabolites can be improved through a first fermentation step of simultaneously providing a substrate comprising synthesis gas and sugar; and a second fermentation step of semi-mixotrophic fermentation of providing only the substrate comprising the synthesis gas. Therefore, the disclosure can contribute to sustainable chemical production using synthesis gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Youngsoon UM, Deurim YUN, Sun Mi LEE, Gyeongtaek GONG, Ja Kyong KO, Jung Ho AHN
  • Patent number: 11932895
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preparing hexanol or butanol and a method for preparing hexanol or butanol using ethanol and synthesis gas, wherein the composition according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a medium composition containing ethanol as an active ingredient, and by culturing a strain producing hexanol or butanol after inoculating with a medium containing the composition and supplying synthesis gas, hexanol or butanol can be prepared economically using inexpensive synthesis gas, and hexanol or butanol can be prepared with high efficiency by focusing the flow of a carbon source consumed in a fermentation process to the production of hexanol or butanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyun Ju Oh, Youngsoon Um, Sun Mi Lee, Gyeongtaek Gong, Ja Kyong Ko
  • Publication number: 20230383317
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for producing 2,3-butanediol by using ethanol and synthetic gas and a 2,3-butanediol production method. A composition according to an aspect of the present invention includes ethanol as an active ingredient. In the case where a 2,3-butanediol production strain is inoculated into a medium containing the composition and cultured and a synthetic gas is added thereto, 2,3-butanediol, which is a biofuel and a chemical substance, can be economically produced with ethanol serving as a substrate. In the metabolism process, the carbon flux can be concentrated on the production route of the target material, whereby the composition has an excellent effect of increasing the production efficiency of 2,3-butanediol and enhancing the productivity of 2,3-butanediol by controlling only fermentation conditions such as amounts of the synthetic gas or ethanol and stirring speeds of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hyunju OH, Youngsoon UM, Sun Mi LEE, Gyeongtaek GONG, Ja Kyong KO
  • Publication number: 20230313241
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a recombinant microorganism for producing PHBV, a method for preparing the same, and a method for producing PHBV using the microorganism. The present disclosure may provide a recombinant microorganism capable of producing PHBV, which is a biodegradable plastic material with superior physical properties, directly from an inexpensive single carbon source with high efficiency without supplementation of organic acid. The present disclosure can enhance the utilization of PHA, which is expensive and has limited physical properties, and can also provide a technology more effective for industrialization using an inexpensive single carbon source. The PHBV produced according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can be used not only for general-purpose inexpensive products such as ecofriendly packing materials but also as a high-value-added medical biopolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ja Kyong KO, Youngyun JO, Gyeongtaek GONG, Jung Ho AHN, Sun Mi LEE, Youngsoon UM
  • Publication number: 20230093685
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition for preparing hexanol or butanol and a method for preparing hexanol or butanol using ethanol and synthesis gas, wherein the composition according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a medium composition containing ethanol as an active ingredient, and by culturing a strain producing hexanol or butanol after inoculating with a medium containing the composition and supplying synthesis gas, hexanol or butanol can be prepared economically using inexpensive synthesis gas, and hexanol or butanol can be prepared with high efficiency by focusing the flow of a carbon source consumed in a fermentation process to the production of hexanol or butanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hyun Ju OH, Youngsoon UM, Sun Mi LEE, Gyeongtaek GONG, Ja Kyong KO
  • Patent number: 11319556
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a transformed yeast strain capable of simultaneously utilizing xylose and glucose as carbon sources, a preparation method thereof and a biofuel production method using the same. The transformed yeast strain transforms a wild-type yeast strain incapable of using xylose as a carbon source and simultaneously convert glucose and xylose, thereby enabling high yield production of a biofuel. The economics and sustainability of the biofuel and biomaterial production processes can be highly enhanced by providing a strain which can easily be converted to a strain capable of producing a biofuel/material in a high yield through an additional modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sun Mi Lee, Phuong Nguyen Hoang Tran, Youngsoon Um, Gyeongtaek Gong, Ja Kyong Ko, Yeonjung Lee
  • Patent number: 11285492
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a screening method of high-efficiency biofuel-producing strains by a dielectrophoretic method using vertical nano-gap electrodes and a producing method of biofuel from the screened strains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sun Mi Lee, Yong-Sang Ryu, Eui-Sang Yu, Jiwon Kim, Ja Kyong Ko, Gyeongtaek Gong, Chulki Kim, Jae Hun Kim
  • Publication number: 20200188933
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a screening method of high-efficiency biofuel-producing strains by a dielectrophoretic method using vertical nano-gap electrodes and a producing method of biofuel from the screened strains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Sun Mi LEE, Yong-Sang RYU, Eui-Sang YU, Jiwon KIM, Ja Kyong KO, Gyeongtaek GONG, Chulki KIM, Jae Hun KIM
  • Publication number: 20200149071
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a transformed yeast strain capable of simultaneously utilizing xylose and glucose as carbon sources, a preparation method thereof and a biofuel production method using the same. The transformed yeast strain transforms a wild-type yeast strain incapable of using xylose as a carbon source and simultaneously convert glucose and xylose, thereby enabling high yield production of a biofuel. The economics and sustainability of the biofuel and biomaterial production processes can be highly enhanced by providing a strain which can easily be converted to a strain capable of producing a biofuel/material in a high yield through an additional modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sun Mi Lee, Phuong Nguyen Hoang Tran, Youngsoon Um, Gyeongtaek Gong, Ja Kyong Ko, Yeonjung Lee
  • Publication number: 20150275254
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for extracting sugars from cellulose-containing sources to achieve high glucose yields while greatly reducing the amount of cellulase enzyme needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Michael Ralph Ladisch, Nathan Scott Mosier, Young Mi Kim, Eduardo de Aquino Ximines, Thomas Richard Kreke, Ja Kyong Ko