Patents by Inventor Julia Kristine Schmidt

Julia Kristine Schmidt 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).

  • GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICROORGANISMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BETA-GLUCANS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING BETA-GLUCANS
    Publication number: 20150152453
    Abstract: The present invention relates to genetically modified microorganisms capable of producing beta-glucans, characterized in that said genetically modified microorganism overexpresses (i) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-?-D-glucan synthase-activity, and/or (ii) a polypeptide having 1,3-?-D-glucan synthase-activity, compared to a corresponding non-modified control microorganism of the same strain. The present invention also relates to the use of a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-?-D-glucan synthase-activity or the use of such a polypeptide for producing ?-glucans. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods for producing ?-glucans comprising the introduction of a promoter upstream of a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-?-D-glucan synthase-activity thereby increasing the expression of said polynucleotide, or a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 1,3-?-D-glucan synthase-activity into a microorganism being able to synthesize ?-glucans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Beata Brockmann, Andrea Herold, Oskar Zelder, Stefan Haefner, Christian Fleck, Hartwig Schröder, Mari Granström, Julia Kristine Schmidt