Patents by Inventor Min-Ju Chang

Min-Ju Chang 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: 20240077392
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a measuring method of liquid mixture purity includes steps as follows. A storage tank is provided, wherein the storage tank is configured for storing a liquid mixture including formic acid and water. A calculating unit is provided, wherein a plurality of formic acid purity values are saved in the calculating unit. A pressure-decreasing and heating step is performed by reducing a pressure of the storage tank and heating the storage tank. A measuring step is performed by measuring in the inner space of the storage tank to obtain a pressure value, and measuring the liquid mixture simultaneously to obtain a temperature value. A calculating step is performed by inputting the pressure value and the temperature value into the calculating unit, wherein the calculating unit outputs one of the formic acid purity values corresponding thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kuo-Liang YEH, Ya-Ju CHANG, Jung-Kuei PENG, Sheng-Tang CHANG, Min-Wen WENG, Wen-Ting HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230242961
    Abstract: The invention is directed to methods and compositions for the expression and purification of products such as peptides and proteins in microorganisms. In particular, pre-products are expressed recombinantly, wherein the cytoplasm of the microorganism alters the expressed pre-products to produce products in an active/final or otherwise desirable form. Alterations associated with expression of a desired recombinant product include shifting of the redox state of the cytoplasm to allow proper protein folding, site-directed cleavage of pre-proteins to activate the protein, site-directed cleavage of an unwanted methionine from the N terminus of the protein, and/or one or more ligations to form desired protein configurations, all within the same cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Fina BioSolutions, LLC
    Inventors: Min-Ju Chang, Natalia Oganesyan, Andrew Lees
  • Publication number: 20210348174
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the cells, compositions and methods for the production of recombinant protein, wherein an f-met group on the 5?-terminus is enzymatically removed. In particular, the invention is directed to a production process for obtaining high levels of soluble recombinant CRM197 protein from E. coli. Cells preferably contain one or more mutations of disulfide reductase genes, so that disulfide reductase activity is reduced. The invention also relates to purification method for CRM197 as well as characterization of properly folded CRM197 protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Fina BioSolutions, LLC
    Inventors: Min-Ju Chang, Natalia Oganesyan, Andrew Lees
  • Patent number: 11060123
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the cells, compositions and methods for the production of recombinant protein, wherein an f-met group on the 5?-terminus is enzymatically removed. In particular, the invention is directed to a production process for obtaining high levels of soluble recombinant CRM197 protein from E. coli. Cells preferably contain one or more mutations of disulfide reductase genes, so that disulfide reductase activity is reduced. The invention also relates to purification method for CRM197 as well as characterization of properly folded CRM197 protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Fina BioSolutions, LLC
    Inventors: Natalia Oganesyan, Andrew Lees, Min-Ju Chang
  • Publication number: 20160312192
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the enhanced expression and purification of lipoxygenase enzymes. These enzymes are of wide-spread industrial importance, often produced in heterologous microbial systems. Preferably, the lipoxygenase produced by the methods of the invention is a plant-derived enzyme and expressed at high-levels in a microbial system that includes a protease-deficient host and one or more chaperone expression plasmids. The invention is also directed to amino acid and nucleic acid fragments of the lipoxygenase enzyme including fragments in expression constructs encoding all or a portion of one or more lipoxygenase genes. The invention is also directed to methods of manufacturing bread and other food and also non-food products with lipoxygenase manufactured by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Gaofeng Liu, Min-ju Chang, Averell L. Gnatt, Tian Ye
  • Patent number: 9404095
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the enhanced expression and purification of lipoxygenase enzymes. These enzymes are of wide-spread industrial importance, often produced in heterologous microbial systems. Preferably, the lipoxygenase produced by the methods of the invention is a plant-derived enzyme and expressed at high-levels in a microbial system that includes a protease-deficient host and one or more chaperone expression plasmids. The invention is also directed to amino acid and nucleic acid fragments of the lipoxygenase enzyme including fragments in expression constructs encoding all or a portion of one or more lipoxygenase genes. The invention is also directed to methods of manufacturing bread and other food and also non-food products with lipoxygenase manufactured by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: US NewWin, Inc.
    Inventors: Gaofeng Liu, Min-ju Chang, Averell L. Gnatt, Tian Ye
  • Publication number: 20140322388
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the enhanced expression and purification of lipoxygenase enzymes. These enzymes are of wide-spread industrial importance, often produced in heterologous microbial systems. Preferably, the lipoxygenase produced by the methods of the invention is a plant-derived enzyme and expressed at high-levels in a microbial system that includes a protease-deficient host and one or more chaperone expression plasmids. The invention is also directed to amino acid and nucleic acid fragments of the lipoxygenase enzyme including fragments in expression constructs encoding all or a portion of one or more lipoxygenase genes. The invention is also directed to methods of manufacturing bread and other food and also non-food products with lipoxygenase manufactured by the methods of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: US NewWin, Inc.
    Inventors: Gaofeng Liu, Min-Ju Chang, Averell L. Gnatt, Tian Ye