Patents by Inventor Moon-Ho Eom

Moon-Ho Eom 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).

  • Patent number: 10150973
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for fermenting, separating, and refining a product, which is produced by cultivating a microorganism. The apparatus and the method for fermenting, separating, and refining, of the present invention, can separate and refine the product that is produced by microbial fermentation in a simple, continuous manner and with high efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: GS CALTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun Lee, Moon-Ho Eom, Julia Lee, Sang-Jun Jeon, Jung-Hee Cho, Jin Dal Rae Choi
  • Patent number: 9957529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant microorganism with improved butanol production ability which has an acetyl-CoA synthesis pathway and a butyryl-CoA synthesis pathway, wherein a pathway converting acetyl-CoA to acetate is inhibited and a pathway converting acetyl-CoA to butyryl-CoA is promoted. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for producing butanol using the recombinant microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: GS CALTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun Lee, Moon-Ho Eom
  • Patent number: 9567613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microorganism having an acetyl CoA biosynthesis pathway and a butyryl CoA biosynthesis pathway; the microorganism being a recombinant microorganism having an increased ability to produce butanol, wherein a pathway for converting acetyl CoA into acetate is suppressed, and a pathway for converting acetate into acetyl CoA and a pathway for converting butyryl CoA into butanol are promoted. Also, the present invention concerns a method for producing butanol by using the recombinant microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: GS CALTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun Lee, Moon-Ho Eom
  • Publication number: 20150376655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant microorganism with improved butanol production ability which has an acetyl-CoA synthesis pathway and a butyryl-CoA synthesis pathway, wherein a pathway converting acetyl-CoA to acetate is inhibited and a pathway converting acetyl-CoA to butyryl-CoA is promoted. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for producing butanol using the recombinant microorganism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun LEE, Moon-Ho EOM
  • Publication number: 20150299740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microorganism having an acetyl CoA biosynthesis pathway and a butyryl CoA biosynthesis pathway; the microorganism being a recombinant microorganism having an increased ability to produce butanol, wherein a pathway for converting acetyl CoA into acetate is suppressed, and a pathway for converting acetate into acetyl CoA and a pathway for converting butyryl CoA into butanol are promoted. Also, the present invention concerns a method for producing butanol by using the recombinant microorganism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: GS CALTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun LEE, Moon-Ho EOM
  • Publication number: 20140038250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for fermenting, separating, and refining a product, which is produced by cultivating a microorganism. The apparatus and the method for fermenting, separating, and refining, of the present invention, can separate and refine the product that is produced by microbial fermentation in a simple, continuous manner and with high efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: GS CALTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun Lee, Moon-Ho Eom, Julia Lee, Sang-Jun Jeon, Jung-Hee Cho, Jin Dal Rae Choi
  • Publication number: 20140030777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for fermenting, separating, and refining a product, which is produced by cultivating a microorganism. The apparatus and the method for fermenting, separating, and refining, of the present invention, can separate and refine the product that is produced by microbial fermentation in a simple, continuous manner and with high efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: GS CALTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun Lee, Moon-Ho Eom, Julia Lee, Sang-Jun Jeon, Jung-Hee Cho, Jin Dal Rae Chol