Patents by Inventor Lisa Marie Newman

Lisa Marie Newman 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: 20240057652
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides food compositions for humans comprising a Methylococcus capsulatus protein isolate or whole cell product, wherein the Methylococcus capsulatus protein isolate or whole cell product is composed of at least 70% crude protein; has a protein digestibility corrected amino acid score (PDCAAS) of at least 0.9; and has a ?13C of about ?70‰ to about ?30‰. Methylococcus capsulatus protein isolates or whole cell products provided herein are useful for the manufacture of meat substitutes as well as other food compositions, such as protein bars, nutritional beverages, protein supplement powders, frozen non-dairy desserts, and baked goods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Chien-Seng HWANG, Lisa Marie NEWMAN, Warren KWAN, Lori J. GIVER, Celine SCHIFF-DEB
  • Publication number: 20240052295
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides method for generating biomass by culturing methanotrophic bacteria under low copper conditions. Also provided are generated biomass and protein isolate prepared from the biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yelena Stegantseva, Lisa Marie Newman, Warren Kwan, Chien-Seng Hwang, Lorraine Joan Giver, Celine Schiff-Deb
  • Publication number: 20220119851
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides culture or fermentation media including a biomass or derivative thereof of a hemoprotein-producing C1 metabolizing non-photosynthetic bacterium, methods of culturing cells or tissue with the culture or fermentation medium, and products produced by the culturing methods including food products, food ingredients, phytoprotective bacterial cell products, and other products of interest such as vitamins, fatty acids, amino acid, carotenoids, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Celine Schiff-Deb, Lorraine Joan Giver, Renee Michelle Saville, Lisa Marie Newman, Warren Kwan, Chien-Seng Hwang, Eric Luning
  • Publication number: 20190264169
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for using recombinant C1 metabolizing microorganisms capable of metabolizing sulfur containing compounds and other contaminants to biologically convert sour or acidic natural gas into high-value molecules, and to allow recovery of stranded oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Howard Lam Ho Fong, John H Grate, Luan Nguyen, Joshua A. Silverman, Lisa Marie Newman, Lorraine Joan Giver, Drew D. Regitsky
  • Patent number: 10273446
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for using recombinant C1 metabolizing microorganisms capable of metabolizing sulfur containing compounds and other contaminants to biologically convert sour or acidic natural gas into high-value molecules, and to allow recovery of stranded oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Calysta, Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Lam Ho Fong, John H Grate, Luan Nguyen, Joshua A. Silverman, Lisa Marie Newman, Lorraine Joan Giver, Drew D. Regitsky
  • Publication number: 20160333307
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for using recombinant C1 metabolizing microorganisms capable of metabolizing sulfur containing compounds and other contaminants to biologically convert sour or acidic natural gas into high-value molecules, and to allow recovery of stranded oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Howard Lam Ho Fong, John H Grate, Luan Nguyen, Joshua A. Silverman, Lisa Marie Newman, Lorraine Joan Giver, Drew D. Regitsky
  • Patent number: 9150843
    Abstract: The invention relates to recombinantly produced ?-glucosidase variants with enhanced thermoactivity compared to naturally occurring proteins. The invention also provides methods for producing a variant ?-glucosidase polypeptide with improved thermoactivity by identifying performance sensitive positions in a target ?-glucosidase polypeptide and substituting the residue at that position with a thermoactivity enhancing residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiyun Zhang, Jie Yang, Dipnath Baidyaroy, Sally R. Postlethwaite, Attila Andor, Louis A. Clark, Lisa Marie Newman
  • Publication number: 20150064766
    Abstract: The invention relates to recombinantly produced ?-glucosidase variants with enhanced thermoactivity compared to naturally occurring proteins. The invention also provides methods for producing a variant ?-glucosidase polypeptide with improved thermoactivity by identifying performance sensitive positions in a target ?-glucosidase polypeptide and substituting the residue at that position with a thermoactivity enhancing residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Xiyun Zhang, Jie Yang, Dipnath Baidyaroy, Sally R. Postlethwaite, Attila Andor, Louis A. Clark, Lisa Marie Newman
  • Patent number: 8956845
    Abstract: The invention relates to recombinantly produced ?-glucosidase variants with enhanced thermoactivity compared to naturally occurring proteins. The invention also provides methods for producing a variant ?-glucosidase polypeptide with improved thermoactivity by identifying performance sensitive positions in a target ?-glucosidase polypeptide and substituting the residue at that position with a thermoactivity enhancing residue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiyun Zhang, Jie Yang, Dipnath Baidyaroy, Sally R. Postlethwaite, Attila Andor, Louis A. Clark, Lisa Marie Newman
  • Publication number: 20140256018
    Abstract: The invention relates to recombinantly produced ?-glucosidase variants with enhanced thermoactivity compared to naturally occurring proteins. The invention also provides methods for producing a variant ?-glucosidase polypeptide with improved thermoactivity by identifying performance sensitive positions in a target ?-glucosidase polypeptide and substituting the residue at that position with a thermoactivity enhancing residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiyun Zhang, Jie Yang, Dipnath Baidyaroy, Sally R. Postlethwaite, Attila Andor, Louis A. Clark, Lisa Marie Newman
  • Patent number: 8617864
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, method of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chirally pure compounds, and the chirally pure compounds prepared therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorraine Joan Giver, Lisa Marie Newman, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt W. Huisman, Stephane J. Jenne, Jun Zhu, Behnaz Behrouzian, John H. Grate, James Lalonde
  • Publication number: 20130040364
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, method of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chirally pure compounds, and the chirally pure compounds prepared therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Lorraine Joan Giver, Lisa Marie Newman, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt W. Huisman, Stephane J. Jenne, Jun Zhu, Behnaz Behrouzian, John H. Grate, James Lalonde
  • Patent number: 8273547
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, method of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chirally pure compounds, and the chirally pure compounds prepared therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorraine Joan Giver, Lisa Marie Newman, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt W. Huisman, Stephane J. Jenne, Jun Zhu, Behnaz Behrouzian, John H. Grate, James Lalonde
  • Patent number: 8252554
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel halohydrin dehalogenase polypeptides and the polynucleotides that encode them. These polypeptides are useful in the production of 4-substituted-3-butyric acid derivatives and vicinal cyano, hydroxyl substituted carboxylic acid esters. The invention also provides related vectors, host cells and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: S. Christopher Davis, Lisa Marie Newman, Vesna Gavrilovic, Gjalt W. Huisman, Richard John Fox, Emily C. Mundorff
  • Publication number: 20120208259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel halohydrin dehalogenase polypeptides and the polynucleotides that encode them. These polypeptides are useful in the production of 4-substituted-3-butyric acid derivatives and vicinal cyano, hydroxyl substituted carboxylic acid esters. The invention also provides related vectors, host cells and methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: S. Christopher Davis, Richard John Fox, Gjalt W. Huisman, Vesna Gavrilovic, Lisa Marie Newman
  • Patent number: 8101395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel halohydrin dehalogenase polypeptides and the polynucleotides that encode them. These polypeptides are useful in the production of 4-substituted-3-butyric acid derivatives and vicinal cyano, hydroxyl substituted carboxylic acid esters. The invention also provides related vectors, host cells and methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: S. Christopher Davis, Richard J. Fox, Gjalt W. Huisman, Vesna Gavrilovic, Lisa Marie Newman
  • Publication number: 20110195465
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, method of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chirally pure compounds, and the chirally pure compounds prepared therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: Lorraine Joan Giver, Lisa Marie Newman, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt W. Huisman, Stephane J. Jenne, Jun Zhu, Behnaz Behrouzian, John H. Grate, James Lalonde
  • Patent number: 7939309
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) polypeptides that have enhanced GDH activity and/or thermostability relative to the backbone wild-type glucose dehydrogenase polypeptide. In addition, the present invention is directed to a polynucleotide that encodes for the GDH polypeptides of the present invention, to nucleic acid sequences comprising the polynucleotides, to expression vectors comprising the polynucleotides operatively linked to a promoter, to host cells transformed to express the GDH polypeptides, and to a method for producing the GDH polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: S. Christopher Davis, Stephane J. Jenne, Anke Krebber, Lisa Marie Newman
  • Patent number: 7879585
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, method of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chirally pure compounds, and the chirally pure compounds prepared therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorraine Joan Giver, Lisa Marie Newman, Emily Mundorff, Gjalt W. Huisman, Stephane J. Jenne, Jun Zhu, Behnaz Behrouzian, John H. Grate, James Lalonde
  • Publication number: 20100304459
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) polypeptides that have enhanced GDH activity and/or thermostability relative to the backbone wild-type glucose dehydrogenase polypeptide. In addition, the present invention is directed to a polynucleotide that encodes for the GDH polypeptides of the present invention, to nucleic acid sequences comprising the polynucleotides, to expression vectors comprising the polynucleotides operatively linked to a promoter, to host cells transformed to express the GDH polypeptides, and to a method for producing the GDH polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: CODEXIS, INC.
    Inventors: S. Christopher Davis, Stephane J. Jenne, Anke Krebber, Lisa Marie Newman