Patents by Inventor Oleg Nicolaevich Okounev

Oleg Nicolaevich Okounev 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).

  • Cellulase compositions and methods of use
    Patent number: 5811381
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to novel compositions of neutral and/or alkaline cellulase and methods for obtaining neutral and/or alkaline cellulase compositions from Chrysosporium cultures, in particular Chrysosporium lucknowense. This invention also provides mutants and methods of generating mutants of Chrysosporium capable of producing neutral and/or alkaline cellulose. This invention also relates to the genes encoding the enzymes comprising the neutral and/or alkaline cellulase composition. In addition, this invention provides methods of culturing Chrysosporium to produce neutral and/or alkaline cellulases. The neutral and/or alkaline cellulase compositions of the subject invention can be used in a variety of processes including stone washing of clothing, detergent processes, deinking and biobleaching of paper & pulp and treatment of waste streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Mark A. Emalfarb
    Inventors: Mark Aaron Emalfarb, Arie Ben-Bassat, Richard P. Burlingame, Vladimir Mikhaylovich Chernoglazov, Oleg Nicolaevich Okounev, Philip T. Olson, Arkady Panteleimonovich Sinitsyn, Irina Vladimirovna Solovjeva