Patents by Inventor Seiichi Paul Tillich Matsuda

Seiichi Paul Tillich Matsuda 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).

  • Nerolidol, terpene, and terpene deriviative synthesis
    Patent number: 8173405
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the description relates to a method of nerolidol production. The method includes culturing a yeast strain lacking functional squalene synthase and overproducing HMG CoA reductase in synthetic medium lacking uracil and producing nerolidol. The pH of the medium may be adjusted to an acidic level to further increase nerolidol production. Other chemicals may also be produced by this method. The nerolidol or other chemicals may be removed from the yeast or medium or both. The medium may additionally contain a polyaromatic resin, which may adsorb nerolidol or other chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Caroline Virginia McNeil, Pietro Morlacchi, Alyssa Baevich, Seiichi Paul Tillich Matsuda
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING PLASTID PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20110177552
    Abstract: Methods and systems that include a method comprising: providing a system comprising one or more plastid proteins comprising a signal sequence and one or more chloroplast processing enzymes; and allowing at least one of the one or more chloroplast processing enzymes to cleave at least a portion of a signal sequence from at least one of the one or more plastid proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Caroline Virginia McNeil, Alyssa Baevich, Seiichi Paul Tillich Matsuda
  • Nerolidol, Terpene, and Terpene Deriviative Synthesis
    Publication number: 20100062504
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, the description relates to a method of nerolidol production. The method includes culturing a yeast strain lacking functional squalene synthase and overproducing HMG CoA reductase in synthetic medium lacking uracil and producing nerolidol. The pH of the medium may be adjusted to an acidic level to further increase nerolidol production. Other chemicals may also be produced by this method. The nerolidol or other chemicals may be removed from the yeast or medium or both. The medium may additionally contain a polyaromatic resin, which may adsorb nerolidol or other chemicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Caroline Virginia McNeil, Pietro Morlacchi, Alyssa Baevich, Seiichi Paul Tillich Matsuda