Patents by Inventor Jenn-Kan Lu

Jenn-Kan Lu 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).

  • Patent number: 9689017
    Abstract: Surfactin is produced from Bacillus subtilis ssp. containing sfp gene (lipopeptide biosurfactants produced by fermentation). Production of surfactin at present is mainly by liquid fermentation, but the production costs are high due to difficulty in purification resulted from addition of the defoaming agent during the production process. Therefore, present invention conducts physical or chemical mutation on Bacillus subtilis subsp. isolated from Thailand seawater shrimp ponds and screens for the mutant strain of Bacillus subtilis subsp. based on sfp gene expression and then produces surfactin from the mutant strain by semi-solid state fermentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: Saft Biotechnology Com. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jenn-Kan Lu, Yi-Peng Lin, Hsin-Mei Wang
  • Publication number: 20160237467
    Abstract: Surfactin is produced from Bacillus subtilis ssp. containing sfp gene (lipopeptide biosurfactants produced by fermentation). Production of surfactin at present is mainly by liquid fermentation, but the production costs are high due to difficulty in purification resulted from addition of the defoaming agent during the production process. Therefore, present invention conducts physical or chemical mutation on Bacillus subtilis subsp. isolated from Thailand seawater shrimp ponds and screens for the mutant strain of Bacillus subtilis subsp. based on sfp gene expression and then produces surfactin from the mutant strain by semi-solid state fermentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Jenn-Kan LU, Yi-Peng LIN, Hsin-Mei WANG
  • Publication number: 20160183556
    Abstract: A method for preparation of a feed additive containing surfactin, which uses a high-yield mutant strain, Bacillus subtilis T, and soybeans as the substrate in semi-solid state fermentation and after drying and grinding of the fermented soybeans into soybean powder to give a feed additive containing surfactin. Each kilogram of the fermented soybean powder contains about 6-7 g of surfactin. Feeding grouper with the feed additive containing surfactin can promote growth rate, increase expression of immune genes (e.g. AMP, Mx and IFN-induced protein), and lower mortality rate of virus-infected fish, indicating the feed containing surfactin has the effects of growth promotion, immunity enhancement and provides resistance to pathogen infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Jenn-Kan LU, Yi-Peng LIN, Hsin-Mei WANG
  • Patent number: 9364413
    Abstract: Surfactin is a biosurfactant produced by Bacillus subtilis and is a natural cycloaliphatic peptide having a ring structure made of 7 amino acids. The surfactin has various functions including anti-aging, anti-wrinkle, increasing skin penetration of cosmetic products (skin penetration agent), foaming agent, and emulsifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: UMO INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jenn-Kan Lu, Hsin-Mei Wang, Xuan-Rui Xu
  • Publication number: 20160030324
    Abstract: Surfactin is a biosurfactant produced by Bacillus subtilis and said surfactin is a natural cycloaliphatic peptide comprising a ring structure made of 7 amino acids, and said surfactin has various functions including anti-aging, anti-wrinkle, increasing skin penetration of cosmetic products (skin penetration agent), foaming agent and emulsifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jenn-Kan LU, Hsin-Mei WANG, Xuan-Rui XU
  • Publication number: 20160030322
    Abstract: Surfactin is a biosurfactant produced by Bacillus subtilis and is a natural cycloaliphatic peptide having a ring structure made of 7 amino acids. The surfactin has various functions including anti-aging, anti-wrinkle, increasing skin penetration of cosmetic products (skin penetration agent), foaming agent, and emulsifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jenn-Kan LU, Hsin-Mei WANG, Xuan-Rui XU
  • Patent number: 8683740
    Abstract: An intelligent canopy greenhouse control system is provided with two main brackets symmetrically arranged, each of which penetrates a curved tubular beam at its upper edge for the curved tubular beam's one end to protrude from each main bracket. Several small crossbeams are installed between two curved tubular beams for a reinforced structure. At least a louvered shutter is provided between two curved tubular beams and between two main brackets. A film is covered between two curved tubular beams, and steel sheets are freely connected to gaps between two main brackets and under the lower edges of two curved tubular beams for development of a first skeleton unit with gutters installed, around which a canopy greenhouse can be assembled with a plurality of first skeleton units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Inventors: Shih-Ming Huang, Jenn-Kan Lu, John Tsao, Jhih-Jhong Siao
  • Publication number: 20120132375
    Abstract: An intelligent canopy greenhouse control system is provided with two main brackets symmetrically arranged, each of which penetrates a curved tubular beam at its upper edge for the curved tubular beam's one end to protrude from each main bracket. Several small crossbeams are installed between two curved tubular beams for a reinforced structure. At least a louvered shutter is provided between two curved tubular beams and between two main brackets. A film is covered between two curved tubular beams, and steel sheets are freely connected to gaps between two main brackets and under the lower edges of two curved tubular beams for development of a first skeleton unit with gutters installed, around which a canopy greenhouse can be assembled with a plurality of first skeleton units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Shih-Ming Huang, Jenn-Kan Lu, John Tsao, Jhih-Jhong Siao
  • Patent number: 7670836
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antimicrobial peptide, monodoncin, which is isolated and purified from Penaeus monodon and is capable of being mass produced by molecular cloning techniques in a heterologous expression system, such as yeast. Monodoncin demonstrates a wide-range of bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects on G(?) and G(+) bacteria as well as fungicidal activities, and can be used in combination with conventional antibiotics as “cocktail therapy” to improve the therapeutic effects of the conventional antibiotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Jenn-Kan Lu, Jen-Leih Wu, Tze-Ting Chiou
  • Publication number: 20080032385
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antimicrobial peptide, monodoncin, which is isolated and purified from Penaeus monodon and is capable of being mass produced by molecular cloning techniques in a heterologous expression system, such as yeast. Monodoncin demonstrates a wide-range of bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects on G (?) and G (+) bacteria as well as fungicidal activities, and can be used in combination with conventional antibiotics as “cocktail therapy” to improve the therapeutic effects of the conventional antibiotics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Jenn-Kan Lu, Jen-Leih Wu, Tze-Ting Chiou
  • Publication number: 20040235738
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antimicrobial peptide, monodoncin, which is isolated and purified from Penaeus monodon and is capable of being mass produced by molecular cloning techniques in a heterologous expression system, such as yeast. Monodoncin demonstrates a wide-range of bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects on G(−) and G(+) bacteria as well as fungicidal activities, and can be used in combination with conventional antibiotics as “cocktail therapy” to improve the therapeutic effects of the conventional antibiotics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Jenn-Kan Lu, Jen-Leih Wu, Tze-Ting Chiou