Patents by Inventor NESTOR HERNANDEZ-LOZADA

NESTOR HERNANDEZ-LOZADA 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).

  • CELLS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING METHYL KETONES
    Publication number: 20230183759
    Abstract: Recombinant cells and methods for producing methyl ketones, such as medium-chain methyl ketones. The recombinant cells include recombinant acyl-ACP thioesterase genes, recombinant ?-ketoacyl-CoA thioesterase genes, and recombinant acyl-CoA synthetase genes, in addition to other modifications. The methods include culturing the recombinant cells to produce the methyl ketones and isolating the produced methyl ketones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brian F. Pfleger, Qiang Yan, Trevor R. Simmons, Nestor Hernandez-Lozada
  • Mutant thioesterases
    Patent number: 11408014
    Abstract: Mutant thioesterases having enhanced medium chain substrate activity, polynucleotides encoding and configured to express the mutant thioesterases in a transformed host cell, host cells transformed to contain the polynucleotides, and methods of using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Brian F. Pfleger, Nestor Hernandez-Lozada, Rung-Yi Lai
  • MUTANT THIOESTERASES
    Publication number: 20210040516
    Abstract: Mutant thioesterases having enhanced medium chain substrate activity, polynucleotides encoding and configured to express the mutant thioesterases in a transformed host cell, host cells transformed to contain the polynucleotides, and methods of using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Brian F. Pfleger, Nestor Hernandez-Lozada, Rung-Yi Lai
  • Mutant thioesterases
    Patent number: 10844410
    Abstract: Mutant thioesterases having enhanced medium chain substrate activity, polynucleotides encoding and configured to express the mutant thioesterases in a transformed host cell, host cells transformed to contain the polynucleotides, and methods of using same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Brian F. Pfleger, Nestor Hernandez-Lozada, Rung-Yi Lai
  • MUTANT THIOESTERASES
    Publication number: 20190284588
    Abstract: Mutant thioesterases having enhanced medium chain substrate activity, polynucleotides encoding and configured to express the mutant thioesterases in a transformed host cell, host cells transformed to contain the polynucleotides, and methods of using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: BRIAN F. PFLEGER, NESTOR HERNANDEZ-LOZADA, RUNG-YI LAI