Patents by Inventor Nigel Shaun Scrutton

Nigel Shaun Scrutton 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).

  • Biosynthetic Mint
    Publication number: 20160289702
    Abstract: A method for producing a menthol isomer is disclosed, comprising: (i) providing a microorganism modified to have increased expression of an ene reductase and one or more menthone dehydrogenase; (ii) contacting said microorganism, or a protein-containing extract thereof, with a biosynthetic precursor of said menthol isomer; and (iii) maintaining the mixture of step (ii) under conditions suitable for biotransformation of said biosynthetic precursor to said menthol isomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Nigel Shaun Scrutton, Helen Susan Toogood, John Gardiner
  • Methods for preparing a hydrocarbon
    Patent number: 9157099
    Abstract: Method for preparing a mono-unsaturated alkene comprising contacting an aliphatic mono-unsaturated carboxylic acid with an Fdc1 polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 21% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1 and a Pad1 polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 17% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: David Leys, Karl Alex Peter Payne, Nigel Shaun Scrutton, David Alexander Parker, Andrew James Murphy
  • METHODS FOR PREPARING A HYDROCARBON
    Publication number: 20130330795
    Abstract: Method for preparing a mono-unsaturated alkene comprising contacting an aliphatic mono-unsaturated carboxylic acid with an Fdc1 polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 21% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 1 and a Pad1 polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 17% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: David LEYS, Karl Alex Peter Payne, Nigel Shaun Scrutton, David Alexander Parker, Andrew James Murphy