Patents by Inventor Nicholas J. Agard

Nicholas J. Agard 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: 20150132807
    Abstract: The present application provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Agard, Oscar Alvizo, Melissa Ann Mayo, Stefanie Ng Minor, James Nicholas Riggins, Jeffrey C. Moore
  • Publication number: 20150017696
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to recombinant host cells comprising one or more recombinant polynucleotides encoding enzymes in select pathways that provide the ability to use the cells to produce 1,3-butadiene. The present disclosure also provides methods of manufacturing the recombinant host cells, and methods for the use of the cells to produce 1,3-butadiene, either through formation of the intermediate compound crotonol followed by chemo-catalytic dehydration to 1,3-butadiene, or through the use of a recombinant cell comprising a fully enzymatic pathway capable of converting crotonyl-CoA or crotonyl-ACP to crotonol and then crotonol to 1,3-butadiene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Simon Christopher Davis, Nicholas J. Agard, John H. Grate
  • Publication number: 20140314843
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) polypeptides and compositions thereof, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) polypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Gjalt W. Huisman, Nicholas J. Agard, Benjamin Mijts, Jonathan Vroom, Xiyun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8461298
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified cycloalkyne compounds; and method of use of such compounds in modifying biomolecules. The present invention features a cycloaddition reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the invention involves reacting a modified cycloalkyne with an azide moiety on a target biomolecule, generating a covalently modified biomolecule. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provide for its application in vivo (e.g., on the cell surface or intracellularly) and in vitro (e.g., synthesis of peptides and other polymers, production of modified (e.g., labeled) amino acids).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Nicholas J. Agard, Jennifer A. Prescher, Jeremy Michael Baskin
  • Patent number: 8431558
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified cycloalkyne compounds; and method of use of such compounds in modifying biomolecules. The present invention features a cycloaddition reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the invention involves reacting a modified cycloalkyne with an azide moiety on a target biomolecule, generating a covalently modified biomolecule. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provide for its application in vivo (e.g., on the cell surface or intracellularly) and in vitro (e.g., synthesis of peptides and other polymers, production of modified (e.g., labeled) amino acids).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi, Nicholas J. Agard, Jennifer A. Prescher, Jeremy Michael Baskin, Ellen May Sletten
  • Publication number: 20110213123
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified cycloalkyne compounds; and method of use of such compounds in modifying biomolecules. The present invention features a cycloaddition reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the invention involves reacting a modified cycloalkyne with an azide moiety on a target biomolecule, generating a covalently modified biomolecule. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provide for its application in vivo (e.g., on the cell surface or intracellularly) and in vitro (e.g., synthesis of peptides and other polymers, production of modified (e.g., labeled) amino acids).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Nicholas J. Agard, Jennifer A. Prescher, Jeremy Michael Baskin
  • Patent number: 7807619
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified cycloalkyne compounds; and method of use of such compounds in modifying biomolecules. The present invention features a cycloaddition reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the invention involves reacting a modified cycloalkyne with an azide moiety on a target biomolecule, generating a covalently modified biomolecule. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provide for its application in vivo (e.g., on the cell surface or intracellularly) and in vitro (e.g., synthesis of peptides and other polymers, production of modified (e.g., labeled) amino acids).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Nicholas J. Agard, Jennifer A. Prescher, Jeremy Michael Baskin
  • Publication number: 20090068738
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified cycloalkyne compounds; and method of use of such compounds in modifying biomolecules. The present invention features a cycloaddition reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the invention involves reacting a modified cycloalkyne with an azide moiety on a target biomolecule, generating a covalently modified biomolecule. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provide for its application in vivo (e.g., on the cell surface or intracellularly) and in vitro (e.g., synthesis of peptides and other polymers, production of modified (e.g., labeled) amino acids).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: CAROLYN RUTH BERTOZZI, NICHOLAS J. AGARD, JENNIFER A. PRESCHER, JEREMY MICHAEL BASKIN, ELLEN MAY SLETTEN