Patents by Inventor Joshua Steven LENG

Joshua Steven LENG 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).

  • COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR RECOVERING WATER-IMMISCIBLE COMPOUNDS FROM MICROBIAL BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20230332186
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for recovery of one or more water-immiscible compounds from microbial biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ronald Ray HENRY, Joshua Steven LENG
  • Methods for recovering water-immiscible isoprenoid compounds from microbial biomass
    Patent number: 11312976
    Abstract: A method for recovering one or more water immiscible compounds comprising acidifying and disrupting the microbial biomass; heating the acidified, disrupted microbial biomass to form a heated, acidified disrupted microbial biomass; and contacting the heated, acidified, disrupted microbial biomass with a disulfonated surfactant in an amount sufficient to release at least 30% of the one or more water immiscible compounds from the microbial biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: AMYRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Henry, Joshua Steven Leng
  • METHODS FOR RECOVERING WATER-IMMISCIBLE ISOPRENOID COMPOUNDS FROM MICROBIAL BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20210230641
    Abstract: A method for recovering one or more water immiscible compounds comprising acidifying and disrupting the microbial biomass; heating the acidified, disrupted microbial biomass to form a heated, acidified disrupted microbial biomass; and contacting the heated, acidified, disrupted microbial biomass with a disulfonated surfactant in an amount sufficient to release at least 30% of the one or more water immiscible compounds from the microbial biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Ronald Ray HENRY, Joshua Steven LENG