Patents by Inventor Jan Cornelis Verdoes
Jan Cornelis Verdoes 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).
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Patent number: 10415045Abstract: The present invention provides a new fungal production system comprising a fungal host strain of Chrysosporium lucknowense wherein the endogenous cellulase secretion is less than 20% of the endogenous cellulase secretion of Chrysosporium lucknowense strain UV 18-25. Preferably, also the secretion of endogenous protease, endogenous ?-glucanase and endogenous cellobiohydrolase is less than 20% of the secretion of Chrysosporium lucknowense strain UV 18-25. Furthermore, fungal host strains are provided wherein several genes have been disrupted. According to another aspect of the invention a method for homologous and/or heterologous production of a pure protein with a purity of higher than 75%, comprising expressing a gene encoding said protein in the strains according to the invention have been described. Furthermore, a method for production of artificial protein mixes comprising expressing a gene encoding each of said proteins in a strain according to the invention have been disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: DANISCO US INCInventors: Peter J. Punt, Richard Paul Burlingame, Christine M. Pynnonen, Phillip T. Olson, Jan Wery, Johannes Heinrich Visser, Mark A. Emalfarb, Jacob Visser, Jan Cornelis Verdoes
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Patent number: 9862956Abstract: The invention is generally directed to modified filamentous fungal host cells comprising one or more nucleic acids encoding one or more polypeptides under the control of one or more promoters that are functional in said cells. Methods of using the modified cells to express one or more polypeptides are also disclosed, including methods of screening cells transformed with one or more expression vectors comprising nucleic acids derived from synthetic or genomic nucleic acids including, cDNAs. Methods of purifying one or more polypeptides or complexes comprising one or more polypeptides expressed in the modified cells, intended for use as substrates in structure/function studies, as therapeutic agents, as diagnostic reagents, or as human or animal vaccines, are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: DANISCO US INC.Inventors: Mark A. Emalfarb, Peter J. Punt, Cornelia Van Zeijl, Cornelius Van den Hondel, Jan Cornelis Verdoes, Richard P. Burlingame
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Publication number: 20170037417Abstract: The invention is generally directed to modified filamentous fungal host cells comprising one or more nucleic acids encoding one or more polypeptides under the control of one or more promoters that are functional in said cells. Methods of using the modified cells to express one or more polypeptides are also disclosed, including methods of screening cells transformed with one or more expression vectors comprising nucleic acids derived from synthetic or genomic nucleic acids including, cDNAs. Methods of purifying one or more polypeptides or complexes comprising one or more polypeptides expressed in the modified cells, intended for use as substrates in structure/function studies, as therapeutic agents, as diagnostic reagents, or as human or animal vaccines, are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: Dyadic International, Inc.Inventors: Mark A. EMALFARB, Peter J. PUNT, Cornelia VAN ZEIJL, Cornelius VAN DEN HONDEL, Jan Cornelis VERDOES, Richard P. BURLINGAME
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Publication number: 20150376629Abstract: The present invention provides a new fungal production system comprising a fungal host strain of Chrysosporium lucknowense wherein the endogenous cellulase secretion is less than 20% of the endogenous cellulase secretion of Chrysosporium lucknowense strain UV 18-25. Preferably, also the secretion of endogenous protease, endogenous ?-glucanase and endogenous cellobiohydrolase is less than 20% of the secretion of Chrysosporium lucknowense strain UV 18-25. Furthermore, fungal host strains are provided wherein several genes have been disrupted. According to another aspect of the invention a method for homologous and/or heterologous production of a pure protein with a purity of higher than 75%, comprising expressing a gene encoding said protein in the strains according to the invention have been described. Furthermore, a method for production of artificial protein mixes comprising expressing a gene encoding each of said proteins in a strain according to the invention have been disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2015Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Peter J. PUNT, Richard Paul BURLINGAME, Christine M. PYNNONEN, Phillip T. OLSON, Jan WERY, Johannes Heinrich VISSER, Mark A. EMALFARB, Jacob VISSER, Jan Cornelis VERDOES, Jacoba VERDOES
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Patent number: 9175296Abstract: The present invention provides a new fungal production system comprising a fungal host strain of Chrysosporium lucknowense wherein the endogenous cellulase secretion is less than 20% of the endogenous cellulase secretion of Chrysosporium lucknowense strain UV 18-25. Preferably, also the secretion of endogenous protease, endogenous ?-glucanase and endogenous cellobiohydrolase is less than 20% of the secretion of Chrysosporium lucknowense strain UV 18-25. Furthermore, fungal host strains are provided wherein several genes have been disrupted. According to another aspect of the invention a method for homologous and/or heterologous production of a pure protein with a purity of higher than 75%, comprising expressing a gene encoding said protein in the strains according to the invention have been described. Furthermore, a method for production of artificial protein mixes comprising expressing a gene encoding each of said proteins in a strain according to the invention have been disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: DYADIC NEDERLAND B.V.Inventors: Peter J. Punt, Richard Paul Burlingame, Christine M. Pynnonen, Phillip T. Olson, Jan Wery, Johannes Heinrich Visser, Mark A. Emalfarb, Jacob Visser, Jan Cornelis Verdoes, Jacoba Verdoes
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Publication number: 20150211013Abstract: The invention is generally directed to modified filamentous fungal host cells comprising one or more nucleic acids encoding one or more polypeptides under the control of one or more promoters that are functional in said cells. Methods of using the modified cells to express one or more polypeptides are also disclosed, including methods of screening cells transformed with one or more expression vectors comprising nucleic acids derived from synthetic or genomic nucleic acids including, cDNAs. Methods of purifying one or more polypeptides or complexes comprising one or more polypeptides expressed in the modified cells, intended for use as substrates in structure/function studies, as therapeutic agents, as diagnostic reagents, or as human or animal vaccines, are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: Dyadic International, Inc.Inventors: Mark A. EMALFARB, Peter J. PUNT, Cornelia VAN ZEIJL, Cornelius VAN DEN HONDEL, Jan Cornelis VERDOES, Richard P. BURLINGAME
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Publication number: 20140329292Abstract: This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and methods of use are described. The invention also relates to a method to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars with enzymes that degrade the lignocellulosic material and novel combinations of enzymes, including those that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. The invention also relates to a method to release cellular content by degradation of cell walls. The invention also relates to methods to use the novel enzymes and compositions of such enzymes in a variety of other processes, including washing of clothing, detergent processes, biorefining, deinking and biobleaching of paper and pulp, and treatment of waste streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: DYADIC INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Mark A. EMARLFARB, Alexander Vasilievich Gusakov, Peter J. Punt, Jan Cornelis Verdoes, Arkady Panteleimonovich Sinitsyn, Elena Vlasenko, Sandra Wihelmina Agnes Hinz, Mark Gosink, Zhijie Jiang
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Patent number: 8551751Abstract: This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and methods of use are described. The invention also relates to a method to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars with enzymes that degrade the lignocellulosic material and novel combinations of enzymes, including those that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. The invention also relates to a method to release cellular content by degradation of cell walls. The invention also relates to methods to use the novel enzymes and compositions of such enzymes in a variety of other processes, including washing of clothing, detergent processes, biorefining, deinking and biobleaching of paper and pulp, and treatment of waste streams.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Dyadic International, Inc.Inventors: Mark A. Emalfarb, Alexander Vasilievich Gusakov, Peter J. Punt, Jan Cornelis Verdoes, Arkady Panteleimonovich Sinitsyn, Elena Vlasenko, Sandra Wihelmina Agnes Hinz, Mark Gosink, Zhijie Jiang, Jacoba Van der Meij
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Publication number: 20120036599Abstract: This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and methods of use are described. The invention also relates to a method to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars with enzymes that degrade the lignocellulosic material and novel combinations of enzymes, including those that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. The invention also relates to methods to use the novel enzymes and compositions of such enzymes in a variety of other processes, including washing of clothing, detergent processes, deinking and biobleaching of paper and pulp, and treatment of waste streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: DYADIC INTERNATIONAL , INC.Inventors: Alexander Vasilievich Gusakov, Peter J. Punt, Jan Cornelis Verdoes, Arkady Panteleimonovich Sinitsyn, Elena Vlasenko, Sandra Wilhelmina Agnes Hinz, Mark Gosink, Zhijie Jiang, Jacoba Van der Meij
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Publication number: 20120030838Abstract: This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and methods of use are described. The invention also relates to a method to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars with enzymes that degrade the lignocellulosic material and novel combinations of enzymes, including those that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. The invention also relates to methods to use the novel enzymes and compositions of such enzymes in a variety of other processes, including washing of clothing, detergent processes, deinking and biobleaching of paper and pulp, and treatment of waste streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: DYADIC INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Alexander Vasilievich Gusakov, Peter J. Punt, Jan Cornelis Verdoes, Arkady Panteleimonovich Sinitsyn, Elena Vlasenko, Sandra Wilhelmina Agnes Hinz, Mark Gosink, Zhijie Jiang, Jacobs Van der Meij
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Patent number: 7923236Abstract: This invention relates to enzymes and methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and methods of use are described. The invention also relates to a method to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars with enzymes that degrade the lignocellulosic material and novel combinations of enzymes, including those that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. The invention also relates to methods to use the novel enzymes and compositions of such enzymes in a variety of other processes, including washing of clothing, detergent processes, deinking and biobleaching of paper and pulp, and treatment of waste streams.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2007Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Dyadic International (USA), Inc.Inventors: Alexander Vasilievich Gusakov, Peter J. Punt, Jan Cornelis Verdoes, Jacoba Van der Meij, legal representative, Arkady Panteleimonovich Sinitsyn, Elena Vlasenko, Sandra Wihelmina Agnes Hinz, Mark Gosink, Zhijie Jiang
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Publication number: 20090099079Abstract: This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and methods of use are described. The invention also relates to a method to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars with enzymes that degrade the lignocellulosic material and novel combinations of enzymes, including those that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. The invention also relates to a method to release cellular content by degradation of cell walls. The invention also relates to methods to use the novel enzymes and compositions of such enzymes in a variety of other processes, including washing of clothing, detergent processes, biorefining, deinking and biobleaching of paper and pulp, and treatment of waste streams.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Inventors: Mark A. Emalfarb, Alexander Vasilievich Gusakov, Peter J. Punt, Jan Cornelis Verdoes, Arkady Panteleimonovich Sinitsyn, Elena Vlasenko, Sandra Wihelmina Agnes Hinz, Mark Gosink, Zhijie Jiang, Jacoba Van der Meij
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Patent number: 7205123Abstract: The present invention provides recombinant DNA comprising a transcription promoter and a downstream sequence to be expressed, in operable linkage therewith, wherein the transcription promoter comprises a region found upstream of the open reading frame of a highly expressed Phaffia gene, preferably a glycolytic pathway gene, more preferably the gene coding for Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase. Further preferred recombinant DNAs according to the invention contain promoters of ribosomal protein encoding genes, more preferably wherein the transcription promoter comprises a region found upstream of the open reading frame encoding a protein as represented by one of the amino acid sequences depicted in any one of SEQIDNOs: 24 to 50.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2001Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Albert Johannes Joseph Van Ooijen, Jan Cornelis Verdoes, Jan Wery
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Publication number: 20040091958Abstract: The present invention provides recombinant DNA comprising a transcription promoter and a downstream sequence to be expressed, in operable linkage therewith, wherein the transcription promoter comprises a region found upstream of the open reading frame of a highly expressed Phaffia gene, preferably a glycolytic pathway gene, more preferably the gene coding for Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase. Further preferred recombinant DNAs according to the invention contain promoters of ribosomal protein encoding genes, more preferably wherein the transcription promoter comprises a region found upstream of the open reading frame encoding a protein as represented by one of the amino acid sequences depicted in any one of SEQIDNOs: 24 to 50.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2001Publication date: May 13, 2004Inventors: Albert Johnnes Joseph Van Ooijen, Jan Cornelis Verdoes, Jan Wery
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Patent number: 6329141Abstract: The present invention provides recombinant DNA comprising a transcription promoter and a downstream sequence to be expressed, in operable linkage therewith, wherein the transcription promoter comprises a region found upstream of the open reading frame of a highly expressed Phaffia gene, preferably a glycolytic pathway gene, more preferably the gene coding for Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase. Further preferred recombinant DNAs according to the invention contain promoters of ribosomal protein encoding genes, more preferably wherein the transcription promoter comprises a region found upstream of the open reading frame encoding a protein as represented by one of the disclosed amino acid sequences. According to a further aspect of the invention an isolated DNA sequence coding for an enzyme involved in the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway of Phaffia rhodozyma is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1998Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: DSM N.V.Inventors: Albert Johannes Joseph Van Ooijen, Jan Cornelis Verdoes, Jan Wery