Patents by Inventor John C. Royer

John C. Royer 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: 20080213901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing a polypeptide, comprising: (a) cultivating a mutant of a parent filamentous fungal cell under conditions conducive for the production of the polypeptide, wherein (i) the mutant cell comprises a first nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide and a second nucleic acid sequence comprising a modification of at least one of the genes involved in the production of a trichothecene and (ii) the mutant produces less of the trichothecene than the parent filamentous fungal cell when cultured under the same conditions; and (b) isolating the polypeptide from the cultivation medium. The present invention also relates to mutants of filamentous fungal cells and methods for obtaining the mutant cells. The present invention also relates to isolated trichodiene synthases and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the trichodiene synthases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Royer, Lynne M. Christianson, Gregory A. Gambetta, Howard Brody, Suzanne M. Otani, Wendy T. Yoder
  • Patent number: 7332341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mutants cells comprising a marker-free modification of a gene, and methods for obtaining and using such mutant cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Royer, Lynne M. Christanson, Gregory A. Gambetta, Howard Brody, Suzanne M. Otani, Wendy T. Yoder
  • Patent number: 7198938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of obtaining a mutant cell from a filamentous fungal parent cell, comprising: (a) obtaining mutant cells of the parent cell; (b) identifying the mutant cell which exhibits a more restricted colonial phenotype and/or a more extensive hyphal branching than the parent cell; and (c) identifying the mutant cell which has an improved property for production of a heterologous polypeptide than the parent cell, when the mutant and parent cells are cultured under the same conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Shuster, John C. Royer
  • Patent number: 7196189
    Abstract: The invention provides variant regulator proteins of secondary metabolite production and nucleic acids encoding said variant regulator proteins. In particular, the invention provides variant regulator molecules of the lovE protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Microbia, Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon Roberts, Amir Sherman, Joshua Trueheart, G. Todd Milne, John C. Royer
  • Patent number: 7163804
    Abstract: The present invention relates non-toxic, non-toxigenic, non-pathogenic recombinant Fusarium host cells of the section Discolor or a teleomorph or synonym thereof, comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a heterologous protein operably linked to a promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Royer, Donna L. Moyer, Jeffrey R. Shuster, Yoder T. Wendy
  • Patent number: 7157262
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified enzyme with lipolytic activity, a lipolytic enzyme capable of removing a substantial amount of fatty matter during a one cycle wash, a DNA sequence encoding said enzymes, a vector comprising said DNA sequence, a host cell harbouring said DNA sequence or said vector, and a process for producing said enzymes with lipolytic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Claus Crone Fuglsang, Jens Sigurd Okkels, Dorte Aaby Petersen, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Marianne Thellersen, Allan Svendsen, Kim Borch, John C. Royer, Titus Kretzschmar, Torben Halkier, Jesper Vind, Steen Troels Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 6903193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing a polypeptide, comprising: (a) cultivating a mutant of a parent filamentous fungal cell under conditions conducive for the production of the polypeptide, wherein (i) the mutant cell comprises a first nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide and a second nucleic acid sequence comprising a modification of at least one of the genes involved in the production of a trichothecene and (ii) the mutant produces less trichothecene than the parent filamentous fungal cell when cultured under the same conditions; and (b) isolating the polypeptide from the cultivation medium. The present invention also relates to mutants of filamentous fungal cells and methods for obtaining the mutant cells, isolated trichodiene synthases and nucleic acid sequences encoding the trichodiene synthases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Novozymes Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Royer, Lynne M. Christianson, Gregory A. Gambetta, Howard Brody, Suzanne M. Otani, Wendy T. Yoder
  • Publication number: 20040266009
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of obtaining a mutant cell from a filamentous fungal parent cell, comprising: (a) obtaining mutant cells of the parent cell; (b) identifying the mutant cell which exhibits a more restricted colonial phenotype and/or a more extensive hyphal branching than the parent cell; and (c) identifying the mutant cell which has an improved property for production of a heterologous polypeptide than the parent cell, when the mutant and parent cells are cultured under the same conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Novozymes Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Shuster, John C. Royer
  • Publication number: 20040191877
    Abstract: The invention provides variant regulator proteins of secondary metabolite production and nucleic acids encoding said variant regulator proteins. In particular, the invention provides variant regulator molecules of the lovE protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Shannon Roberts, Amir Sherman, Joshua Trueheart, G. Todd Milne, John C. Royer
  • Patent number: 6794180
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of obtaining a mutant cell from a filamentous fungal parent cell, comprising: (a) obtaining mutant cells of the parent cell; (b) identifying the mutant cell which exhibits a more restricted colonial phenotype and/or a more extensive hyphal branching than the parent cell; and (c) identifying the mutant cell which has an improved property for production of a heterologous polypeptide than the parent cell, when the mutant and parent cells are cultured under the same conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Novozymes Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Shuster, John C. Royer
  • Publication number: 20040009579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of obtaining a mutant cell from a filamentous fungal parent cell, comprising: (a) obtaining mutant cells of the parent cell; (b) identifying the mutant cell which exhibits a more restricted colonial phenotype and/or a more extensive hyphal branching than the parent cell; and (c) identifying the mutant cell which has an improved property for production of a heterologous polypeptide than the parent cell, when the mutant and parent cells are cultured under the same conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: Novozymes Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Shuster, John C. Royer
  • Publication number: 20030199069
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified enzyme with lipolytic activity, a lipolytic enzyme capable of removing a substantial amount of fatty matter during a one cycle wash, a DNA sequence encoding said enzymes, a vector comprising said DNA sequence, a host cell harbouring said DNA sequence or said vector, and a process for producing said enzymes with lipolytic activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Claus Crone Fuglsang, Jens Sigurd Okkels, Dorte Aaby Petersen, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Marianne Thellersen, Allan Svendsen, Kim Borch, John C. Royer, Titus Kretzschmar, Torben Halkier, Jesper Vind, Steen Troels Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 6544774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of obtaining a mutant cell from a filamentous fungal parent cell, comprising: (a) obtaining mutant cells of the parent cell; (b) identifying the mutant cell which exhibits a more restricted colonial phenotype and/or a more extensive hyphal branching than the parent cell; and (c) identifying the mutant cell which has an improved property for production of a heterologous polypeptide than the parent cell, when the mutant and parent cells are cultured under the same conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Novozymes Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Shuster, John C. Royer
  • Patent number: 6495357
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified enzyme with lipolytic activity, a lipolytic enzime capable of removing a substantial amount of fatty matter a one cycle wash, a DNA sequence encoding said enzymes, a vector comprising said DNA sequence, a host cell harbouring said DNA sequence or said vector, and a process for producing said enzymes with lipolytic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Novozyme A/S
    Inventors: Claus Crone Fuglsang, Jens Sigurd Okkels, Dorte Aaby Petersen, Shamkant Anant Patkar, Marianne Thellersen, Allan Svendsen, Kim Borch, John C. Royer, Titus Kretzschmar, Torben Halkier, Jesper Vind, Steen Troels Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 6184026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of obtaining a mutant cell from a filamentous fungal parent cell, comprising: (a) obtaining mutant cells of the parent cell; (b) identifying the mutant cell which exhibits a more restricted colonial phenotype and/or a more extensive hyphal branching than the parent cell; and (c) identifying the mutant cell which has an improved property for production of a heterologous polypeptide than the parent cell, when the mutant and parent cells are cultured under the same conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Shuster, John C. Royer
  • Patent number: 6180366
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing a polypeptide, comprising: (a) cultivating a mutant of a parent filamentous fungal cell under conditions conducive for the production of the polypeptide, wherein (i) the mutant cell comprises a first nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide and a second nucleic acid sequence comprising a modification of at least one of the genes involved in the production of a trichothecene and (ii) the mutant produces less of the trichothecene than the parent filamentous fungal cell when cultured under the same conditions; and (b) isolating the polypeptide from the cultivation medium. The present invention also relates to mutants of filamentous fungal cells and methods for obtaining the mutant cells. The present invention also relates to isolated trichodiene synthases and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the trichodiene synthases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Royer, Lynne M. Christianson, Gregory A. Gambetta, Howard Brody, Suzanne M. Otani, Wendy T. Yoder
  • Patent number: 6066493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of obtaining a mutant cell from a filamentous fungal parent cell, comprising: (a) obtaining mutant cells of the parent cell; (b) identifying the mutant cell which exhibits a more restricted colonial phenotype and/or a more extensive hyphal branching than the parent cell; and (c) identifying the mutant cell which has an improved property for production of a heterologous polypeptide than the parent cell, when the mutant and parent cells are cultured under the same conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Shuster, John C. Royer
  • Patent number: 6060305
    Abstract: The present invention relates non-toxic, non-toxigenic, non-pathogenic recombinant Fusarium host cells of the section Discolor or a teleomorph or synonym thereof, comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a heterologous protein operably linked to a promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Royer, Donna L. Moyer, Yoder T. Wendy, Jeffrey R. Shuster
  • Patent number: 5837847
    Abstract: The invention is related to a non-toxic, non-toxigenic, non-pathogenic recombinant Fusarium, e.g., Fusarium graminearum host cell comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a heterologous protein operably linked to a promoter. The invention further relates to a method for the production of recombinant proteins using such Fusarium host cells. The invention also relates to a promoter and terminator sequence which may be used in such cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Royer, Donna L. Moyer, Yoder T. Wendy, Jeffrey R. Shuster