Patents by Inventor Rama Voladri

Rama Voladri 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).

  • KETOREDUCTASE POLYPEPTIDES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AZETIDINONE
    Publication number: 20240141304
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Onorato Campopiano, Emily Mundorff, Birthe Borup, Rama Voladri
  • Ketoreductase polypeptides for the production of (R)-3-hydroxythiolane
    Patent number: 11965194
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize chiral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack S. Liang, Stephan Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Rama Voladri, James J. Lalonde, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • BIOCATALYSTS AND METHODS FOR HYDROXYLATION OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20230272354
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides for the production of hydroxylated compounds, polynucleotides encoding the engineered proline hydroxylases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered proline hydroxylases, and methods of using the engineered proline hydroxylases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jovana Nazor, Robert Osborne, Jack Liang, Jonathan Vroom, Xiyun Zhang, David Entwistle, Rama Voladri, Ravi David Garcia, Jeffrey C. Moore, Shane Grosser, Birgit Kosjek, Matthew Truppo
  • PENICILLIN-G ACYLASES
    Publication number: 20230272363
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered penicillin G acylase (PGA) enzymes, polynucleotides encoding the enzymes, compositions comprising the enzymes, and methods of using the engineered PGA enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Rama Voladri, Christopher Michael Micklitsch, Oscar Alvizo, Jovana Nazor, Da Duan, Judy Victoria Antonio Viduya, Stephan Jenne, Chihui An, Keith Allen Canada, Paul N. Devine, Iman Farasat, Anna Fryszkowska, Katrina W. Lexa, Robert Kevin Orr
  • CARBOXYESTERASE BIOCATALYSTS
    Publication number: 20230193227
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered carboxyesterase enzymes that have the ability to catalyze amide bond formation. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the carboxyesterase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes to make commercially valuable amides. Also provided are amides that are made using the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Kristin K. Brown, Brent M. Dorr, Douglas E. Fuerst, Katherine Joyce Honicker, Lydia Sanchez Jordan, James Patrick Morrison, Nikolay V. Plotnikov, Markus Schober, Rama Voladri
  • CARBOXYESTERASE POLYPEPTIDES FOR KINETIC RESOLUTION
    Publication number: 20230159904
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered carboxyesterase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type carboxyesterase enzymes, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes in hydrolysis reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Rama Voladri, Jessica Anna Hurtak, Auric Anthony Sowell-Kantz, Nandhitha Subramanian, Ericka Bermudez, David Entwistle, Melissa Ann Mayo, James Nicholas Riggins
  • Penicillin-g acylases
    Patent number: 11643642
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered penicillin G acylase (PGA) enzymes, polynucleotides encoding the enzymes, compositions comprising the enzymes, and methods of using the engineered PGA enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Rama Voladri, Christopher Michael Micklitsch, Oscar Alvizo, Jovana Nazor, Da Duan, Judy Victoria Antonio Viduya, Stephan Jenne, Chihui An, Keith Allen Canada, Paul N. Devine, Iman Farasat, Anna Fryszkowska, Katrina W. Lexa, Robert Kevin Orr
  • Vectors for expression of biocatalysts
    Patent number: 11634695
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides for the production of hydroxylated compounds, polynucleotides encoding the engineered proline hydroxylases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered proline hydroxylases, and methods of using the engineered proline hydroxylases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jovana Nazor, Robert Osborne, Jack Liang, Jonathan Vroom, Xiyun Zhang, David Entwistle, Rama Voladri, Ravi David Garcia, Jeffrey C. Moore, Shane Grosser, Birgit Kosjek, Matthew Truppo
  • KETOREDUCTASE POLYPEPTIDES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF (R)-3-HYDROXYTHIOLANE
    Publication number: 20230068040
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize chiral compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jack S. Liang, Stephan Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Rama Voladri, James J. Lalonde, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Carboxyesterase biocatalysts
    Patent number: 11535833
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered carboxyesterase enzymes that have the ability to catalyze amide bond formation. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the carboxyesterase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes to make commercially valuable amides. Also provided are amides that are made using the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Kristin K. Brown, Brent M. Dorr, Douglas E. Fuerst, Katherine Joyce Honicker, Lydia Sanchez Jordan, James Patrick Morrison, Nikolay V. Plotnikov, Markus Schober, Rama Voladri
  • Ketoreductase polypeptides for the production of (R)-3-hydroxythiolane
    Patent number: 11427841
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize chiral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack S Liang, Stephan Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Rama Voladri, James J. Lalonde, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • KETOREDUCTASE POLYPEPTIDES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AZETIDINONE
    Publication number: 20210324347
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Onorato Campopiano, Emily Mundorff, Birthe Borup, Rama Voladri
  • CARBOXYESTERASE POLYPEPTIDES FOR AMIDE COUPLING
    Publication number: 20210238565
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered carboxyesterase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type carboxyesterase enzymes, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes in amidation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Rama Voladri, David Entwistle, Christopher Michael Micklitsch, Vesna Mitchell, Nikki Dellas, Xiyun Zhang, Antoinette Sero, Brent Dorr, Douglas E. Fuerst
  • Ketoreductase polypeptides for the production of azetidinone
    Patent number: 11078466
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Onorato Campopiano, Emily Mundorff, Birthe Borup, Rama Voladri
  • Carboxyesterase polypeptides for amide coupling
    Patent number: 11015180
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered carboxyesterase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type carboxyesterase enzymes, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes in amidation reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Rama Voladri, David Entwistle, Christopher Michael Micklitsch, Vesna Mitchell, Nikki Dellas, Xiyun Zhang, Antoinette Sero, Brent Dorr, Douglas E. Fuerst
  • CARBOXYESTERASE BIOCATALYSTS
    Publication number: 20210115417
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered carboxyesterase enzymes that have the ability to catalyze amide bond formation. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the carboxyesterase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes to make commercially valuable amides. Also provided are amides that are made using the engineered carboxyesterase enzymes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kristin K. BROWN, Brent M. DORR, Douglas E. FUERST, Katherina Joyce HONICKER, Lydia Sanchez JORDAN, James Patrick MORRISON, Nikolay V. PLOTNIKOV, Markus SCHOBER, Rama VOLADRI
  • KETOREDUCTASE POLYPEPTIDES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF (R)-3-HYDROXYTHIOLANE
    Publication number: 20210054426
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize chiral compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jack S Liang, Stephan Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Rama Voladri, James J. Lalonde, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • BIOCATALYSTS AND METHODS FOR HYDROXYLATION OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS
    Publication number: 20210032605
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides for the production of hydroxylated compounds, polynucleotides encoding the engineered proline hydroxylases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered proline hydroxylases, and methods of using the engineered proline hydroxylases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jovana Nazor, Robert Osborne, Jack Liang, Jonathan Vroom, Xiyun Zhang, David Entwistle, Rama Voladri, Ravi David Garcia, Jeffrey C. Moore, Shane Grosser, Birgit Kosjek, Matthew Truppo
  • Ketoreductase polypeptides for the production of (R)-3-hydroxythiolane
    Patent number: 10851397
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize chiral compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack S Liang, Stephan Jenne, Emily Mundorff, Rama Voladri, James J. Lalonde, Gjalt W. Huisman
  • Polynucleotides encoding biocatalysts and methods for hydroxylation of chemical compounds
    Patent number: 10844358
    Abstract: The present invention provides engineered proline hydroxylase polypeptides for the production of hydroxylated compounds, polynucleotides encoding the engineered proline hydroxylases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered proline hydroxylases, and methods of using the engineered proline hydroxylases to prepare compounds useful in the production of active pharmaceutical agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Codexis, Inc.
    Inventors: Jovana Nazor, Robert Osborne, Jack Liang, Jonathan Vroom, Xiyun Zhang, David Entwistle, Rama Voladri, Ravi David Garcia, Jeffrey C. Moore, Shane Grosser, Birgit Kosjek, Matthew Truppo