Patents by Inventor Parayil K. Ajikumar

Parayil K. Ajikumar 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).

  • Microbial engineering for the production of chemical and pharmaceutical products from the isoprenoid pathway
    Patent number: 8512988
    Abstract: The invention relates to recombinant expression of a taxadiene synthase enzyme and a geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGPPS) enzyme in cells and the production of terpenoids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Parayil K. Ajikumar, Gregory Stephanopoulos, Heng Phon Too
  • METHODS FOR MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF TERPENOIDS
    Publication number: 20120315672
    Abstract: The invention relates to recombinant expression of terpenoid synthase enzymes and geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGPPS) enzymes in cells and the production of diterpenoids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Effendi Leonard, Parayil K. Ajikumar, Kristala Lanett Jones Prather, Gregory Stephanopoulos, Kelly Thayer
  • MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF NATURAL SWEETENERS, DITERPENOID STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES
    Publication number: 20120164678
    Abstract: The invention relates to recombinant expression of a steviol or steviol glycosides biosynthetic pathway enzymes in cells and the production of steviol or steviol glycosides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Gregory Stephanopoulos, Parayil K. Ajikumar
  • MICROBIAL ENGINEERING FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS FROM THE ISOPRENOID PATHWAY
    Publication number: 20120107893
    Abstract: The invention relates to the production of one or more terpenoids through microbial engineering, and relates to the manufacture of products comprising terpenoids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Parayil K. Ajikumar, Gregory Stephanopoulos, Too Heng Phon
  • Methods for microbial production of terpenoids
    Patent number: 8062878
    Abstract: The invention relates to recombinant expression of terpenoid synthase enzymes and geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGPPS) enzymes in cells and the production of diterpenoids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Effendi Leonard, Parayil K. Ajikumar, Kristala Lanett Jones Prather, Gregory Stephanopoulos, Kelly Thayer
  • MICROBIAL ENGINEERING FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS FROM THE ISOPRENOID PATHWAY
    Publication number: 20110189717
    Abstract: The invention relates to recombinant expression of a taxadiene synthase enzyme and a geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGPPS) enzyme in cells and the production of terpenoids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Parayil K. Ajikumar, Gregory Stephanopoulos, Too Heng Phon
  • METHODS FOR MICROBIAL PRODUCTION OF TERPENOIDS
    Publication number: 20110111457
    Abstract: The invention relates to recombinant expression of terpenoid synthase enzymes and geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGPPS) enzymes in cells and the production of diterpenoids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: EFFENDI LEONARD, PARAYIL K. AJIKUMAR, KRISTALA LANETT JONES PRATHER, GREGORY STEPHANOPOULOS, KELLY THAYER