Patents by Inventor Janice A. Frias

Janice A. Frias 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).

  • Mutant host cells for the production of 3-hydroxypropionic acid
    Patent number: 10358664
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant host cells having an active 3-Hydroxypropionic Acid (3-HP) pathway wherein the host cells comprise a disruption to an endogenous gene that encodes for a pyruvate reductase. Also described are methods of making the host cells, and methods using the cells to produce 3-HP and derivatives of 3-HP (e.g., acrylic acid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Janice Frias, Guillaume Barbier
  • Mutant Host Cells For The Production Of 3-Hydroxypropionic Acid
    Publication number: 20180237809
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant host cells having an active 3-Hydroxypropionic Acid (3-HP) pathway wherein the host cells comprise a disruption to an endogenous gene that encodes for a pyruvate reductase. Also described are methods of making the host cells, and methods using the cells to produce 3-HP and derivatives of 3-HP (e.g., acrylic acid).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Janice Frias, Guillaume Barbier
  • 3-hydroxypropionic acid production by recombinant yeasts expressing an insect aspartate 1-decarboxylase
    Patent number: 9845484
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant yeast cells having an active 3-Hydroxypropionic Acid (3-HP) pathway and further comprising a heterologous polynucleotide encoding an aspartate 1-decarboxylase (ADC) of the Class Insecta, Bivalvia, Branchioporia, Gastropoda, or Leptocardii. Also described are methods of using the recombinant yeast cells to produce 3-HP and acrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Michelle Barnhart, Ana Negrete-Raymond, Janice Frias, Gui Barbier, Michael Catlett
  • 3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ACID PRODUCTION BY RECOMBINANT YEASTS EXPRESSING AN INSECT ASPARTATE 1-DECARBOXYLASE
    Publication number: 20160168600
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant yeast cells having an active 3-Hydroxypropionic Acid (3-HP) pathway and further comprising a heterologous polynucleotide encoding an aspartate 1-decarboxylase (ADC) of the Class Insecta, Bivalvia, Branchioporia, Gastropoda, or Leptocardii. Also described are methods of using the recombinant yeast cells to produce 3-HP and acrylic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: NOVOZYMES A/S
    Inventors: Michelle Barnhart, Ana Negrete-Raymond, Janice Frias, Gui Barbier, Michael Catlett
  • Production of organic compounds
    Publication number: 20120015414
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the production of hydrocarbons, particularly alkanes and alkenes, using biosynthetic routes, as well as genes and enzymes involved therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Lawrence P. Wackett, Jennifer L. Seffernick, Janice A. Frias, David J. Sukovich