Patents by Inventor Marcia J. Mikolajczak

Marcia J. Mikolajczak 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).

  • Biologically pure culture of bacillus ATCC 55294 that produces an endoglycanase
    Patent number: 5401659
    Abstract: An isolated endogly canase having activity against polysaccharides having the subunit backbone structure: ##STR1## wherein Glc is glucose, GlcA is glucuronic acid, Rha is rhamnose, Man is mannose, X may be Rha or Man, and wherein the reducing end of the polymer is toward the X residue of the backbone is disclosed. A method for producing the compound by culturing Bacillus ATCC 55294, the method for selecting Bacillus ATCC 55294 and method for using the endoglycanase are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignees: Shin-Etsu Bio, Inc., Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Linda P. Thorne, Richard W. Armentrout, Thomas J. Pollock, Marcia J. Mikolajczak
  • Endoglycanase isolated from bacillus ATCC 55294
    Patent number: 5342773
    Abstract: An isolated endoglycanase having activity against polysaccharides having the subunit backbone structure: ##STR1## wherein Glc is glucose, GlcA is glucuronic acid, Rha is rhamnose, Man is mannose, X may be Rha or Man, and wherein the reducing end of the polymer is toward the X residue of the backbone is disclosed. A method for producing the endoglycanase by culturing Bacillus ATCC 55294, the method for selecting the Bacillus ATCC 55294 and method for using the endoglycanase are also disclosed. The endoglycanase has a molecular weight of 110,000.+-.10,000 daltons and a pH range from 4.5 to 9.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1994
    Assignees: Shin-Etsu Bio, Inc., Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Linda P. Thorne, Richard W. Armentrout, Thomas J. Pollock, Marcia J. Mikolajczak