Patents by Inventor Robert Kourist

Robert Kourist 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).

  • Plasma-driven biocatalysis
    Patent number: 11866757
    Abstract: Methods using plasma-driven generation of H2O2 in an aqueous liquid may provide a substrate to enzymes, which are then capable to oxidize or hydroxylate organic compounds. A plasma device may produce an aqueous liquid comprising H2O2 for use in an enzymatic reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
    Inventors: Julia Bandow, Abdulkadir Yayci, Marco Krewing, Robert Kourist, Alvaro Gomez Baraibar
  • PLASMA-DRIVEN BIOCATALYSIS
    Publication number: 20210115479
    Abstract: Methods using plasma-driven generation of H2O2 in an aqueous liquid may provide a substrate to enzymes, which are then capable to oxidize or hydroxylate organic compounds. A plasma device may produce an aqueous liquid comprising H2O2 for use in an enzymatic reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Julia BANDOW, Abdulkadir YAYCI, Marco KREWING, Robert KOURIST, Alvaro GOMEZ BARAIBAR
  • Reduced-fat foodstuffs and cooking oils, and methods for making same
    Patent number: 8975055
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a newly identified lipase belonging to the Ustilaginaceae family of Basidomycetes and variants thereof. The invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the lipase and the variants thereof. The invention further relates to procedures for producing the lipase, and variants thereof, polypeptides and polynucleotides. The invention further relates to lipase variants with an increased trans-selectivity. The invention further relates to lipase variants with a preference for long chain fatty acid esters or carboxylic acid moieties with a chain length greater than C12. The invention further relates to a method of reducing, or eliminating, trans-fatty acids from liquid oil stable enough for frying systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Bornscheuer, Henrike Brundiek, Andrew Evitt, Stefan SaB, Friedericke Bonisch, Robert Kourist
  • Lipase Variants
    Publication number: 20120276247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a newly identified lipase belonging to the Ustilaginaceae family of Basidomycetes and variants thereof. The invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the lipase and the variants thereof. The invention further relates to procedures for producing the lipase, and variants thereof, polypeptides and polynucleotides. The invention further relates to lipase variants with an increased trans-selectivity. The invention further relates to lipase variants with a preference for long chain fatty acid esters or carboxylic acid moieties with a chain length greater than C12. The invention further relates to a method of reducing, or eliminating, trans-fatty acids from liquid oil stable enough for frying systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Uwe Bornscheuer, Henrike Brundiek, Andrew Evitt, Stefan Sass, Friedericke Bönisch, Robert Kourist