Patents by Inventor James M. Miers

James M. Miers 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).

  • Production of aspartic and malic acids with microbacterium
    Patent number: 6238895
    Abstract: The use of strains of the genus Microbacterium for the production of organic acids or amino acids by the enzymatic conversion of a fumaric acid to the organic acid or amino acid desired, as well as methods for such use and the conversion solution produced by such use and the methods of the present invention are disclosed. The uses and the methods of the present invention provide the L-isomer form of the desired organic acid or amino acid produced thereby in the absence of the D-isomer form of the desired organic acid or amino acid. Also disclosed are reactants solutions which include the strain of the genus Microbacterium and the L-isomer form of either the organic acid or the amino acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Genencor International, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Miers