Patents by Inventor Nickolas Anderson

Nickolas Anderson 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: 11821014
    Abstract: An expression vector that includes a polynucleotide having a heterologous regulatory element operably linked to a polynucleotide sequence derived from Solanum tuberosum and encoding a xylosyltransferase capable of glycosylating gentisic acid to produce gentisic acid 5-O-?-D xylopyranoside, a transcription template having such a polynucleotide and adapted for in vitro transcription in a cell-free system, a method for producing gentisic acid 5-O-?-D xylopyranoside by culturing a recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector under conditions in which the cell expresses the xylosyltransferase from the polynucleotide, and a method for producing gentisic acid 5-O-?-D xylopyranoside by contacting a composition including gentisic acid and UDP-xylose with a recombinant xylosyltransferase. The recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector can be a bacterial cell, a plant cell, or a fungal cell, an animal cell, or a multicellular organism such as a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolas Anderson, Amanda Waters
  • Publication number: 20220248732
    Abstract: A seasoning composition having enhanced salt intensity includes a salt component and a sodium-free saltiness-perception enhancing compound. The saltiness-perception enhancing compound includes at least one of gentisic acid 5-O-?-D xylopyranoside or kukoamine A. The seasoning composition exhibits a mean saltiness intensity that is about the same as a second seasoning compound that has an amount of the salt component that is greater than the salt component in the seasoning composition and that does not contain the saltiness-perception enhancing compound. A seasoned food product may include a food product and the sodium-free saltiness-perception enhancing compound. The sodium-free saltiness-perception enhancing compound may be used in a method of reducing sodium intake and a method of enhancing the salt taste of a food product. The sodium-free saltiness-perception enhancing compound may be derived from Solanum tuberosum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Nickolas Anderson, Devin Peterson, Julie Peterson, Eric Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11396646
    Abstract: Polynucleotides encoding corresponding polypeptides capable of glycosylating steviol at its C-19 position to produce a steviol glycoside, an expression vector including such a polynucleotide, a method for producing a steviol glycoside by culturing a recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector under conditions in which the cell expresses the UDP-glycosyltransferase from the polynucleotide, and a method for producing a steviol glycoside by contacting a composition including steviol with a recombinant UDP-glycosyltransferase. The steviol glycoside can be steviol-19-O-glycoside. The recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector can be a bacterial cell, a plant cell, or a fungal cell, an animal cell, or a multicellular organism such as a plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventors: Xu Li, Han-Yi Chen, Nickolas Anderson, Amanda Waters
  • Publication number: 20220186275
    Abstract: An expression vector that includes a polynucleotide having a heterologous regulatory element operably linked to a polynucleotide sequence derived from Solanum tuberosum and encoding a xylosyltransferase capable of glycosylating gentisic acid to produce gentisic acid 5-O-?-D xylopyranoside, a transcription template having such a polynucleotide and adapted for in vitro transcription in a cell-free system, a method for producing gentisic acid 5-O-?-D xylopyranoside by culturing a recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector under conditions in which the cell expresses the xylosyltransferase from the polynucleotide, and a method for producing gentisic acid 5-O-?-D xylopyranoside by contacting a composition including gentisic acid and UDP-xylose with a recombinant xylosyltransferase. The recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector can be a bacterial cell, a plant cell, or a fungal cell, an animal cell, or a multicellular organism such as a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Nickolas Anderson, Amanda Waters
  • Publication number: 20210371831
    Abstract: Polynucleotides encoding corresponding polypeptides capable of glycosylating steviol at its C-19 position to produce a steviol glycoside, an expression vector including such a polynucleotide, a method for producing a steviol glycoside by culturing a recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector under conditions in which the cell expresses the UDP-glycosyltransferase from the polynucleotide, and a method for producing a steviol glycoside by contacting a composition including steviol with a recombinant UDP-glycosyltransferase. The steviol glycoside can be steviol-19-O-glycoside. The recombinant host cell containing such an expression vector can be a bacterial cell, a plant cell, or a fungal cell, an animal cell, or a multicellular organism such as a plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Xu Li, Han-Yi Chen, Nickolas Anderson, Amanda Waters