Patents by Inventor Karin Elbing

Karin Elbing 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).

  • Recombinant expressing chimeric glucose transporters
    Patent number: 7507574
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modified Saccharomyces yeast which produces significantly lower levels of ethanol than wild-type yeast under aerobic conditions and saccharide concentrations of 2% glucose, and which exhibits a growth rate of at least 30% of the wild-type yeast, preferably containing a chimeric construct of at least 2 saccharide transporters, nucleic acid molecules encoding the chimeras and polypeptides encoded by such sequences, and methods of using the modified yeast for preparing products in the yeast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Gothia Yeast Solutions AB
    Inventors: Roslyn Bill, Eckhard Boles, Lena Gustafsson, Stefan Hohmann, Christer Larsson, Karin Elbing