Patents by Inventor Jack Liang

Jack Liang 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: 20260015595
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered glycosyltransferase (GT) enzymes, polypeptides having GT activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention provides engineered sucrose synthase (SuS) enzymes, polypeptides having SuS activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention also provides compositions comprising the GT enzymes and methods of using the engineered GT enzymes to make products with ?-glucose linkages. The present invention further provides compositions and methods for the production of rebaudiosides (e.g., rebaudioside M, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside I, and rebaudioside D). The present invention also provides compositions comprising the SuS enzymes and methods of using them. Methods for producing GT and SuS enzymes are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Jonathan VROOM, Stephanie Sue GALANIE, Jack LIANG, Joyce LIU, Nikki DELLAS, Melissa Ann MAYO, David ENTWISTLE
  • Publication number: 20260002136
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered glycosyltransferase (GT) enzymes, polypeptides having GT activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention provides engineered sucrose synthase (SuS) enzymes, polypeptides having SuS activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention also provides compositions comprising the GT enzymes and methods of using the engineered GT enzymes to make products with ?-glucose linkages. The present invention further provides compositions and methods for the production of rebaudiosides (e.g., rebaudioside M, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside I, and rebaudioside D). The present invention also provides compositions comprising the SuS enzymes and methods of using them. Methods for producing GT and SuS enzymes are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Inventors: Jonathan VROOM, Stephanie Sue GALANIE, Nikki DELLAS, Jack LIANG, Joyce LIU, David ENTWISTLE, Courtney Dianne MOFFETT
  • Publication number: 20250368967
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Liang, Stephane J. Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Charlene Ching, John M. Gruber, Anke Krebber, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Patent number: 12454682
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered glycosyltransferase (GT) enzymes, polypeptides having GT activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention provides engineered sucrose synthase (SuS) enzymes, polypeptides having SuS activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention also provides compositions comprising the GT enzymes and methods of using the engineered GT enzymes to make products with ?-glucose linkages. The present invention further provides compositions and methods for the production of rebaudiosides (e.g., rebaudioside M, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside I, and rebaudioside D). The present invention also provides compositions comprising the SuS enzymes and methods of using them. Methods for producing GT and SuS enzymes are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: TATE & LYLE SOLUTIONS USA LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Vroom, Stephanie Sue Galanie, Jack Liang, Joyce Liu, Nikki Dellas, Melissa Ann Mayo, David Entwistle
  • Publication number: 20250290049
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides for the production of hydroxylated compounds, polynucleotides encoding the engineered proline hydroxylases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered proline hydroxylases, and methods of using the engineered proline hydroxylases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2025
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Inventors: Jonathan Vroom, Alberto Ortega Guerra, Jack Liang, Gregory A. Cope, Nikki Dellas, Christopher Keltie Prier
  • Patent number: 12415990
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Liang, Stephane J. Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Charlene Ching, John M. Gruber, Anke Krebber, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Patent number: 12404499
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered glycosyltransferase (GT) enzymes, polypeptides having GT activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention provides engineered sucrose synthase (SuS) enzymes, polypeptides having SuS activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention also provides compositions comprising the GT enzymes and methods of using the engineered GT enzymes to make products with ?-glucose linkages. The present invention further provides compositions and methods for the production of rebaudiosides (e.g., rebaudioside M, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside I, and rebaudioside D). The present invention also provides compositions comprising the SuS enzymes and methods of using them. Methods for producing GT and SuS enzymes are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: TATE & LYLE SOLUTIONS USA LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Vroom, Stephanie Sue Galanie, Nikki Dellas, Jack Liang, Joyce Liu, David Entwistle, Courtney Dianne Moffett
  • Publication number: 20250236849
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides for the production of hydroxylated compounds, polynucleotides encoding the engineered proline hydroxylases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered proline hydroxylases, and methods of using the engineered proline hydroxylases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Jovana Nazor, Robert Osbome, Jack Liang, Jonathan Vroom, Xiyun Zhang, David Entwistle, Rama Voladri, Ravi David Garcia, Jeffrey C. Moore, Shane Grosser, Birgit Kosjek, Matthew Truppo
  • Patent number: 12344865
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides for the production of hydroxylated compounds, polynucleotides encoding the engineered proline hydroxylases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered proline hydroxylases, and methods of using the engineered proline hydroxylases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Vroom, Alberto Ortega Guerra, Jack Liang, Gregory A. Cope, Nikki Dellas, Christopher Keltie Prier
  • Publication number: 20250207171
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes to synthesize a chiral catalyst used in the synthesis of antiviral compounds, such as nucleoside inhibitors. The present invention further provides methods of using the engineered enzymes to deracemize a chiral alcohol in a one-pot, multi-enzyme system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Moore, Jack Liang, Jonathan Penfield, Jovana Nazor, Nikki Dellas, Vesna Mitchell, Da Duan, Iman Farasat, Agustina Rodriguez-Granillo, Grant Murphy, Nicholas Marshall
  • Patent number: 12291728
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered glycosyltransferase (GT) enzymes, polypeptides having GT activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention provides engineered sucrose synthase (SuS) enzymes, polypeptides having SuS activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention also provides compositions comprising the GT enzymes and methods of using the engineered GT enzymes to make products with ?-glucose linkages. The present invention further provides compositions and methods for the production of rebaudiosides (e.g., rebaudioside M, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside I, and rebaudioside D). The present invention also provides compositions comprising the SuS enzymes and methods of using them. Methods for producing GT and SuS enzymes are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: TATE & LYLE SOLUTIONS USA LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Vroom, Stephanie Sue Galanie, Nikki Dellas, Jack Liang, Joyce Liu, David Entwistle, Courtney Dianne Moffett
  • Patent number: 12286648
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides for the production of hydroxylated compounds, polynucleotides encoding the engineered proline hydroxylases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered proline hydroxylases, and methods of using the engineered proline hydroxylases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jovana Nazor, Robert Osborne, Jack Liang, Jonathan Vroom, Xiyun Zhang, David Entwistle, Rama Voladri, Ravi David Garcia, Jeffrey C. Moore, Shane Grosser, Birgit Kosjek, Matthew Truppo
  • Patent number: 12252723
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes to synthesize a chiral catalyst used in the synthesis of antiviral compounds, such as nucleoside inhibitors. The present invention further provides methods of using the engineered enzymes to deracemize a chiral alcohol in a one-pot, multi-enzyme system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Moore, Jack Liang, Jonathan Penfield, Jovana Nazor, Nikki Dellas, Vesna Mitchell, Da Duan, Iman Farasat, Agustina Rodriguez-Granillo, Grant Murphy, Nicholas Marshall
  • Patent number: 11920167
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered glycosyltransferase (GT) enzymes, polypeptides having GT activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention provides engineered sucrose synthase (SuS) enzymes, polypeptides having SuS activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention also provides compositions comprising the GT enzymes and methods of using the engineered GT enzymes to make products with ?-glucose linkages. The present invention further provides compositions and methods for the production of rebaudiosides (e.g., rebaudioside M, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside I, and rebaudioside D). The present invention also provides compositions comprising the SuS enzymes and methods of using them. Methods for producing GT and SuS enzymes are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TATE & LYLE SOLUTIONS USA LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Vroom, Stephanie Sue Galanie, Nikki Dellas, Jack Liang, Joyce Liu, David Entwistle, Courtney Dianne Moffett
  • Publication number: 20240068005
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes to synthesize a chiral catalyst used in the synthesis of antiviral compounds, such as nucleoside inhibitors. The present invention further provides methods of using the engineered enzymes to deracemize a chiral alcohol in a one-pot, multi-enzyme system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Moore, Jack Liang, Jonathan Penfield, Jovana Nazor, Nikki Dellas, Vesna Mitchell, Da Duan, Iman Farasat, Agustina Rodriguez-Granillo, Grant Murphy, Nicholas Marshall
  • Publication number: 20240010999
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered glycosyltransferase (GT) enzymes, polypeptides having GT activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention provides engineered sucrose synthase (SuS) enzymes, polypeptides having SuS activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention also provides compositions comprising the GT enzymes and methods of using the engineered GT enzymes to make products with ?-glucose linkages. The present invention further provides compositions and methods for the production of rebaudiosides (e.g., rebaudioside M, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside I, and rebaudioside D). The present invention also provides compositions comprising the SuS enzymes and methods of using them. Methods for producing GT and SuS enzymes are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Vroom, Stephanie Sue Galanie, Jack Liang, Joyce Liu, Nikki Dellas, Melissa Ann Mayo, David Entwistle
  • Patent number: 11760981
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered glycosyltransferase (GT) enzymes, polypeptides having GT activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention provides engineered sucrose synthase (SuS) enzymes, polypeptides having SuS activity, and polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, as well as vectors and host cells comprising these polynucleotides and polypeptides. The present invention also provides compositions comprising the GT enzymes and methods of using the engineered GT enzymes to make products with ?-glucose linkages. The present invention further provides compositions and methods for the production of rebaudiosides (e.g., rebaudioside M, rebaudioside A, rebaudioside I, and rebaudioside D). The present invention also provides compositions comprising the SuS enzymes and methods of using them. Methods for producing GT and SuS enzymes are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Vroom, Stephanie Sue Galanie, Jack Liang, Joyce Liu, Nikki Dellas, Melissa Ann Mayo, David Entwistle
  • Publication number: 20230287360
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a chiral alcohol. The present invention further provides methods of using the engineered enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jack Liang, Nandhitha Subramanian, Charlene Ching, David William Homan, Katie Whalen, Matthew Blake Jones
  • Patent number: 11746369
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase and phosphite dehydrogenase enzymes to synthesize a chiral catalyst used in the synthesis of antiviral compounds, such as nucleoside inhibitors. The present invention further provides methods of using the engineered enzymes to deracemize a chiral alcohol in a one-pot, multi-enzyme system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C. Moore, Jack Liang, Jonathan Penfield, Jovana Nazor, Nikki Dellas, Vesna Mitchell, Da Duan, Iman Farasat, Agustina Rodriguez-Granillo, Grant Murphy, Nicholas Marshall
  • Publication number: 20230272354
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides for the production of hydroxylated compounds, polynucleotides encoding the engineered proline hydroxylases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered proline hydroxylases, and methods of using the engineered proline hydroxylases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jovana Nazor, Robert Osborne, Jack Liang, Jonathan Vroom, Xiyun Zhang, David Entwistle, Rama Voladri, Ravi David Garcia, Jeffrey C. Moore, Shane Grosser, Birgit Kosjek, Matthew Truppo