Patents by Inventor Paul A. Steenkamp

Paul A. Steenkamp 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).

  • PRODUCTION OF MONATIN ENANTIOMERS
    Publication number: 20110300282
    Abstract: Methods for preferentially hydrolyzing one stereoisomer of an isoxazoline diester over another, as well as an enzyme for facilitating the preferential hydrolysis are provided. Also provided are methods for providing mixtures of (RR) and (RS) monatin as well as (SS) and (SR) monatin, which methods can include the step of stereoselectively hydrolyzing an isoxazoline diester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dean Brady, Lucia H. Steenkamp, Amanda Louise Rousseau, Subash Buddoo, Paul A. Steenkamp
  • Production of monatin enantiomers
    Patent number: 8003361
    Abstract: Methods for preferentially hydrolyzing one stereoisomer of an isoxazoline diester over another, as well as an enzyme for facilitating the preferential hydrolysis are provided. Also provided are methods for providing mixtures of (RR) and (RS) monatin as well as (SS) and (SR) monatin, which methods can include the step of stereoselectively hydrolyzing an isoxazoline diester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Cargill Incorporated
    Inventors: Dean Brady, Lucia H. Steenkamp, Amanda Louise Rousseau, Subash Buddoo, Paul A. Steenkamp
  • PRODUCTION OF MONATIN ENANTIOMERS
    Publication number: 20090087829
    Abstract: Methods for preferentially hydrolyzing one stereoisomer of an isoxazoline diester over another, as well as an enzyme for facilitating the preferential hydrolysis are provided. Also provided are methods for providing mixtures of (RR) and (RS) monatin as well as (SS) and (SR) monatin, which methods can include the step of stereoselectively hydrolyzing an isoxazoline diester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Dean Brady, Lucia H. Steenkamp, Amanda Louise Rousseau, Subash Buddoo, Paul A. Steenkamp