Patents by Inventor Patrick Shih

Patrick Shih 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).

  • Constructs and systems and methods for engineering a COfixing photorespiratory by-pass pathway
    Patent number: 10480003
    Abstract: Methods and compositions to introduce a synthetic pathway based on the 3-hydroxypropionate bicycle into an organism such as the model cyanobacterium, Synechococcus elongatus sp. PCC 7942. The heterologously expressed pathway acts as a photorespiratory bypass as well as an additional carbon fixation cycle orthogonal to the endogenous Calvin-Benson cycle. We demonstrate the function of all six introduced enzymes, which not only has implications on increasing net-photosynthetic productivity, but also key enzymes in the pathway are involved in high-value products that are of biotechnological interest, such as 3-hydroxypropionate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Patrick Shih, Jan Zarzycki, Krishna K. Niyogi
  • CONSTRUCTS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENGINEERING A CO2 FIXING PHOTORESPIRATORY BY-PASS PATHWAY
    Publication number: 20170088850
    Abstract: Methods and compositions to introduce a synthetic pathway based on the 3-hydroxypropionate bicycle into an organism such as the model cyanobacterium, Synechococcus elongatus sp. PCC 7942. The heterologously expressed pathway acts as a photorespiratory bypass as well as an additional carbon fixation cycle orthogonal to the endogenous Calvin-Benson cycle. We demonstrate the function of all six introduced enzymes, which not only has implications on increasing net-photosynthetic productivity, but also key enzymes in the pathway are involved in high-value products that are of biotechnological interest, such as 3-hydroxypropionate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Patrick Shih, Jan Zarzycki, Krishna K. Niyogi
  • Display screen with a user interface
    Patent number: D642193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Shih, John Daniel Hayes Leonard, Wilhelmina P. Dietrich, Kristie E. Smith, Ojiakonobi Udezue