Patents by Inventor Nicholas John Walton

Nicholas John Walton 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).

  • Production of vanillin
    Patent number: 6664088
    Abstract: A method of producing vanillin comprising the steps of: (1) providing trans-ferulic acid or a salt thereof; and (2) providing trans-ferulate: CoASH ligase activity (enzyme activity I), trans-feruloyl ScoA hydratase activity (enzyme activity II), and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl-&bgr;-hydroxy-propionyl SCoA (HMPHP SCoA) cleavage activity (enzyme activity III). Conveniently the enzymes are provided by Pseudomonas fluorescens Fe3 or a mutant or derivative thereof. Polypeptides with enzymes activities II and III and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. Use of the polypeptides or the polynucleotides in a method for producing vanillin is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Plant Bioscience Limited
    Inventors: Arjan Narbad, Michael John Charles Rhodes, Michael John Gasson, Nicholas John Walton
  • Production of p-hydroxybenzoic acid
    Publication number: 20030167511
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a transgenic plant which, by presence of a transgene, is able to produce p-hydroxybenzoic acid or a &bgr;-D-glycoside or &bgr;-D-glucose ester thereof. A method is also disclosed for producing p-hydroxybenzoic acid or a &bgr;-D-glycoside or &bgr;-D-glucose ester thereof using a transgenic plant of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Arjan Narbad, Michael John Charles Rhodes, Michael John Gasson, Nicholas John Walton
  • Production of vanillin
    Patent number: 6323011
    Abstract: A method of producing vanillin comprising the steps of: (1) providing trans-ferulic acid or salt thereof; and (2) providing trans-ferulate; CoASH ligase activity (enzyme activity I) trans-feruloyl SCoA hydratase activity (enzyme activity II), and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl-&bgr;-hydroxy-propionyl SCoA (HMPHP SCoA) cleavage activity (enzyme activity III). Conveniently the enzymes are provided by Pseudomonas fluorescens Fe3 or a mutant or derivative thereof. Polypeptides with enzymes activities II and III and polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides. Use of said polypeptides or said polynucleotides in a method for producing vanillin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Institute of Food Research
    Inventors: Arjan Narbad, Michael John Charles Rhodes, Michael John Gasson, Nicholas John Walton
  • Production of vanillin
    Publication number: 20010014467
    Abstract: A method of producing vanillin comprising the steps of: (1) providing trans-ferulic acid or a salt thereof; and (2) providing trans-ferulate: CoASH ligase activity (enzyme activity I), trans-feruloyl ScoA hydratase activity (enzyme activity II), and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl-&bgr;-hydroxy-propionyl SCoA (HMPHP SCoA) cleavage activity (enzyme activity III). Conveniently the enzymes are provided by Pseudomonas fluorescens Fe3 or a mutant or derivative thereof. Polypeptides with enzymes activities II and III and polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides. Use of said polypeptides or said polynucleotides in a method for producing vanillin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2000
    Publication date: August 16, 2001
    Inventors: Arjan Narbad, Michael John Charles Rhodes, Michael John Gasson, Nicholas John Walton