Patents by Inventor Peter Smits
Peter Smits 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).
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Publication number: 20240130388Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing a structuring fat by the interesterification of a first fat with a high content of saturated long chain fatty acids with a second fat or oil to provide triglyceride compositions having an increased level of H-type fatty acids, especially C18:0 at the 2-position, the triglyceride compositions thus obtained and spreads made therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Georg Christian DOL, Ronald Peter Potman, Irene Erica Smit-Kingma
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Patent number: 11961698Abstract: Disclosed herein is a module for supporting a device configured to manipulate charged particle paths in a charged particle apparatus, the module comprising: a support arrangement configured to support the device, wherein the device is configured to manipulate a charged particle path within the charged particle apparatus; and a support positioning system configured to move the support arrangement within the module; wherein the module is arranged to be field replaceable in the charged particle apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Christiaan Otten, Peter-Paul Crans, Marc Smits, Laura Del Tin, Christan Teunissen, Yang-Shan Huang, Stijn Wilem Herman Karel Steenbrink, Xuerang Hu, Qingpo Xi, Xinan Luo, Xuedong Liu
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Publication number: 20240090524Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing a structuring fat by the interesterification of a first fat with a high content of saturated long chain fatty acids with a second fat or oil to provide triglyceride compositions having an increased level of H-type fatty acids, especially C18:0 at the 2-position, the triglyceride compositions thus obtained and spreads made therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Georg Christian DOL, Ronald Peter POTMAN, Irene Erica SMIT-KINGMA
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Patent number: 11913291Abstract: A centraliser comprises a mandrel, a first support member, a second support member, and a plurality of arm assemblies connected between the first and second support members. Each arm assembly comprises a first arm pivotally connected to the first support member at a first pivot axis and a second arm pivotally connected to the second support member at a second pivot axis, and the first and second arms pivotally connected together at a third pivot axis. The mandrel comprises a plurality of facets spaced apart around an outer surface of the mandrel to rotationally key the first and/or second support member to the mandrel, and each arm assembly is arranged so that the third pivot axis is located on a first side of a plane coincident with a central axis of the device and the first and second pivot axes are located on an opposite second side of the plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: PETROMAC IP LIMITEDInventors: Stephen Peter McCormick, Benno Frank Smit
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Publication number: 20240001980Abstract: A tilting mechanism including a base, a tilting deck, four hinges, and a lifting member. Each hinge is positioned adjacent a corner of the base and the tilting deck. Each hinge includes a globe and a receiver with the globe or the receiver secured to the base frame or the deck frame and the other secured to the other of the base or the tilting deck. Each hinge includes a locking member that selectively secures a globe within a respective receiver. The lifting member is secured at a center of the base frame and a center of the deck frame. The lifting member is configured to urge the tilting deck away from the base such that selective engagement allows for tilting of the tilting deck relative to the base in at least four directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Sartorius Stedim North America Inc.Inventors: Peter Smit, Joseph Deacutis, Alexander Halt
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Publication number: 20210102229Abstract: Disclosed are methods for producing steviol glycosides, such as rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M, using engineered yeast. In some embodiments, the methods include fermenting with a yeast at a high pH such as of about 5.8 or greater. In some embodiments, the methods can be carried out by first growing the yeast at a lower first pH, and then adjusting the pH to a higher pH.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: James C. Anderson, Manuel Quiros Asensio, Simon Carlsen, Ting Liu Carlson, Veronique Douchin, Ariene M. Fosmer, Hans Peter Smits
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Patent number: 10815513Abstract: Disclosed are methods for producing steviol glycosides, such as rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M, using engineered yeast. In some embodiments, the methods include fermenting with a yeast at a high pH such as of about 5.8 or greater. In some embodiments, the methods can be carried out by first growing the yeast at a lower first pH, and then adjusting the pH to a higher pH.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: Cargill, Incorporated, Evolva S.A.Inventors: James C. Anderson, Manuel Quiros Asensio, Simon Carlsen, Ting Liu Carlson, Veronique Douchin, Ariene M. Fosmer, Hans Peter Smits
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Publication number: 20180155751Abstract: Disclosed are methods for producing steviol glycosides, such as rebaudioside D and rebaudioside M, using engineered yeast. In some embodiments, the methods include fermenting with a yeast at a high pH such as of about 5.8 or greater. In some embodiments, the methods can be carried out by first growing the yeast at a lower first pH, and then adjusting the pH to a higher pH.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: James C. Anderson, Manuel Quiros Asensio, Simon Carlsen, Ting Liu Carlson, Veronique Douchin, Ariene M. Fosmer, Hans Peter Smits
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Publication number: 20170355551Abstract: Pump apparatus comprising a base having a forward end region and a rearward end region with a longitudinal axis extending in a direction between the forward and rearward end region, a power unit and a reel assembly operatively mounted to the base, the reel assembly including a reel mounted for rotation about a rotation axis which extends laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis, a fluid conveying conduit operatively carried by the reel and adapted to be wound on, or payed out therefrom, at the forward end region of the base, the fluid conveying conduit being underwound onto the reel so that it is wound on and payed out adjacent the base, a guide device at the forward end region of the base for guiding the conduit onto or from the reel, and a vehicle which is at least partially submersible in fluid and which can be propelled over a surface on which it stands, the vehicle including a pump which is operatively connectable to the fluid conveying conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2015Publication date: December 14, 2017Applicant: Weir Minerals Australia Ltd. (Weir Minerals)Inventors: Robert Turner, Peter Smit
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Patent number: 9834793Abstract: A recombinant micro-organism producing resveratrol by a pathway in which phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) produces trans-cinnamic acid from phenylalanine, cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) produces 4-coumaric acid from said trans-cinnamic acid, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL) produces 4-coumaroyl CoA from said 4-coumaric acid, and resveratrol synthase (VST) produces said resveratrol from said 4-coumaroyl CoA, or in which L-phenylalanine- or tyrosine-ammonia lyase (PAL/TAL) produces 4-coumaric acid, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL) produces 4-coumaroyl CoA from said 4-coumaric acid, and resveratrol synthase (VST) produces said resveratrol from said 4-coumaroyl CoA. The micro-organism may be a yeast, fungus or bacterium including Saccharomyces cerevisiae, E. coli, Lactococcus lactis, Aspergillus niger, or Aspergillus oryzae.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: EVOLVA SAInventors: Michael Katz, Hans Peter Smits, Jochen Forster, Jens Bredal Nielsen
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Patent number: 9822374Abstract: A recombinant micro-organism such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae which produces and excretes into culture medium a stilbenoid metabolite product when grown under stilbenoid production conditions, which expresses in above native levels a ABC transporter which transports said stilbenoid out of said micro-organism cells to the culture medium. The genome of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae produces an auxotrophic phenotype which is compensated by a plasmid which also expresses one or more of said enzymes constituting said metabolic pathway producing said stilbenoid, an expression product of the plasmid is genetically modified to include a ubiquitination tag sequence. Expression of an enzyme participating in catabolism of phenylalanine by the Ehrlich pathway is optionally reduced compared to its native expression level.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2011Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: EVOLVA SAInventors: Michael Patrik Katz, Thomas Durhuus, Hans Peter Smits, Jochen Förster
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Patent number: 9759056Abstract: Pump apparatus comprising a base or chassis, a power unit and a reel assembly each operatively mounted to the base or chassis, a flexible conveyor conduit and flexible service line adapted to be payed out from the reel assembly and a work head including a pump operatively connected to the conveyor conduit. The work head comprises a pump having an outlet which is operatively connected to a conveying conduit, a support frame to which the pump is mounted and a powered traction drive assembly operatively mounted to the support frame. The reel assembly comprises a reel rotatably mounted to the base or chassis, a conveying conduit and a flexible service line, each being adapted to be wound thereon and payed out therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2012Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Inventors: Peter Smit, Robert Turner, Reman Murandi, Kevin Brighton
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Patent number: 9716416Abstract: A linear motor system includes a coil assembly, a movable magnet assembly, and a bearing assembly coupled to facilitate movement of one of the magnet assembly and the coil assembly with respect to the other. The bearing assembly includes a single bearing rail, wherein the single bearing rail is a separate component from the coil assembly and the magnet assembly and is mounted to the magnet assembly on a major face thereof opposite the major face thereof adjacent to which the coil assembly is disposed. The single bearing rail is narrower than the coil assembly and the magnet assembly. The single bearing rail includes a profiled rail configured to hold the magnet assembly on the coil assembly while allowing the magnet assembly to move along the coil assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Anorad CorporationInventors: Darius Bobelis, Fred Sommerhalter, Peter Smit, Claude Chirignan
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Patent number: 9614410Abstract: A linear motor system includes a coil assembly and a magnet assembly disposed adjacent to the coil assembly. The coil assembly includes a plurality of coil windings and a sealing material to seal and to prevent moisture and/or chemical ingress into the coil windings. The magnet assembly includes a plurality of magnets, a magnet housing disposed to house, cover and seal the plurality of magnets within the magnet housing, a plate to cover the plurality of magnets, a sealing element disposed between the plate and the magnet housing to seal the magnet assembly, and a groove formed to receive the sealing element between the plate and the magnet housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Anorad CorporationInventors: Darius Bobelis, Fred Sommerhalter, Peter Smit, Claude Chirignan
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Patent number: 9404129Abstract: A recombinant micro-organism producing resveratrol by a pathway in which phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) produces trans-cinnamic acid from phenylalanine, cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) produces 4-coumaric acid from said trans-cinnamic acid, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL) produces 4-coumaroyl CoA from said 4-coumaric acid, and resveratrol synthase (VST) produces said resveratrol from said 4-coumaroyl CoA, or in which L-phenylalanine- or tyrosine-ammonia lyase (PAL/TAL) produces 4-coumaric acid, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL) produces 4-coumaroyl CoA from said 4-coumaric acid, and resveratrol synthase (VST) produces said resveratrol from said 4-coumaroyl CoA. The micro-organism may be a yeast, fungus or bacterium including Saccharomyces cerevisiae, E. coli, Lactococcus lactis, Aspergillus niger, or Aspergillus oryzae.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Evolva SAInventors: Michael Katz, Hans Peter Smits, Jochen Forster, Jens Bredel Nielsen
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Publication number: 20160031897Abstract: Embodiments relate to Rifaximin polymorphic, salt, and hydrate forms, methods of producing polymorphic forms and to their use in medicinal preparations and to therapeutic methods using them.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: SALIX PHARMACEUTICALS, LTDInventors: Stephan D. Parent, Lisa Lynn McQueen, Patricia Andres, Paul Schields, Yiduo Wu, Fei Ding, Jared Peters Smit
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Publication number: 20150361455Abstract: A recombinant micro-organism producing resveratrol by a pathway in which phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) produces trans-cinnamic acid from phenylalanine, cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) produces 4-coumaric acid from said trans-cinnamic acid, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL) produces 4-coumaroyl CoA from said 4-coumaric acid, and resveratrol synthase (VST) produces said resveratrol from said 4-coumaroyl CoA, or in which L-phenylalanine- or tyrosine-ammonia lyase (PAL/TAL) produces 4-coumaric acid, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL) produces 4-coumaroyl CoA from said 4-coumaric acid, and resveratrol synthase (VST) produces said resveratrol from said 4-coumaroyl CoA. The micro-organism may be a yeast, fungus or bacterium including Saccharomyces cerevisiae, E. coli, Lactococcus lactis, Aspergillus niger, or Aspergillus oryzae.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Michael KATZ, Hans Peter SMITS, Jochen FORSTER, Jens Bredel NIELSEN
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Publication number: 20150342234Abstract: Materials and methods for producing particular steviol glycosides, and high-purity compositions of particular steviol glycosides with improved sensory profilesare provided herein. The steviol glycosides can be, for example, rebaudioside D, rebaudioside A, and rebaudioside B, and can be produced by recombinant microorganisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: December 3, 2015Inventors: Paula Hicks, Michael Mikkelsen, Jens Houghton-Larsen, Jorgen Hansen, Hans Peter Smits, Jens Mueller
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Patent number: 9133217Abstract: Embodiments relate to Rifaximin polymorphic, salt, and hydrate forms, methods of producing polymorphic forms and to their use in medicinal preparations and to therapeutic methods using them.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Salix Pharmaceuticals, LtdInventors: Stephan D. Parent, Lisa Lynn McQueen, Patricia Andres, Paul Schields, Yiduo Wu, Fei Ding, Jared Peters Smit
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Publication number: 20150152444Abstract: A recombinant micro-organism producing resveratrol by a pathway in which phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) produces trans-cinnamic acid from phenylalanine, cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) produces 4-coumaric acid from said trans-cinnamic acid, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL) produces 4-coumaroyl CoA from said 4-coumaric acid, and resveratrol synthase (VST) produces said resveratrol from said 4-coumaroyl CoA, or in which L-phenylalanine- or tyrosine-ammonia lyase (PAL/TAL) produces 4-coumaric acid, 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL) produces 4-coumaroyl CoA from said 4-coumaric acid, and resveratrol synthase (VST) produces said resveratrol from said 4-coumaroyl CoA. The micro-organism may be a yeast, fungus or bacterium including Saccharomyces cerevisiae, E. coli, Lactococcus lactis, Aspergillus niger, or Aspergillus oryzae.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2014Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: Michael KATZ, Hans Peter SMITS, Jochen FORSTER, Jens Bredel NIELSEN