Patents by Inventor Lynne Albert

Lynne Albert 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).

  • Methods of increasing dihydroxy acid dehydratase activity to improve production of fuels, chemicals, and amino acids
    Patent number: 8273565
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to recombinant microorganisms comprising one or more dihydroxyacid dehydratase (DHAD)-requiring biosynthetic pathways and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce beneficial metabolites derived from said DHAD-requiring biosynthetic pathways. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may be engineered to overexpress one or more polynucleotides encoding one or more Aft proteins or homologs thereof. In some embodiments, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a cytosolically localized DHAD enzyme. In additional embodiments, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a mitochondrially localized DHAD enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Gevo, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Asleson Dundon, Aristos Aristidou, Andrew Hawkins, Doug Lies, Lynne Albert
  • Methods of increasing dihydroxy acid dehydratase activity to improve production of fuels, chemicals, and amino acids
    Patent number: 8071358
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to recombinant microorganisms comprising one or more dihydroxyacid dehydratase (DHAD)-requiring biosynthetic pathways and methods of using said recombinant microorganisms to produce beneficial metabolites derived from said DHAD-requiring biosynthetic pathways. In various aspects of the invention, the recombinant microorganisms may be engineered to overexpress one or more polynucleotides encoding one or more Aft proteins or homologs thereof. In some embodiments, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a cytosolically localized DHAD enzyme. In additional embodiments, the recombinant microorganisms may comprise a mitochondrially localized DHAD enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Gevo, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Asleson Dundon, Aristos Aristidou, Andrew Hawkins, Doug Lies, Lynne Albert