Patents by Inventor Seung Hoon Song

Seung Hoon Song 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).

  • Publication number: 20250129392
    Abstract: A recombinant microorganism including a genetic modification that increases expression of a gene encoding a ferric enterobactin transporter-associated protein or a gene encoding a TonB-dependent transporter-associated protein, or a genetic modification that decreases expression of a fur gene encoding a ferric uptake regulator (Fur) protein, wherein the recombinant microorganism removes greater amounts of nitric oxide from a sample comprising nitric oxide than a same microorganism without the genetic modification
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Yu Kyung Jung, Jae-Young Kim, Seung Hoon Song, Woo Yong Shim
  • Publication number: 20250051734
    Abstract: An MXene or a derivative thereof, on which nitrous oxide reductase is immobilized, wherein the MXene has a formula of Mn+1XnTs, wherein M is a transition metal of Groups 3, 4, 5, 6, or a combination thereof, of the Periodic Table of the Elements, X is carbon, nitrogen, or a combination thereof, T is oxide, epoxide, hydroxide, C1-C5 alkoxide, fluoride, chloride, bromide, iodide, or a combination thereof, and n is 1, 2, or 3, and s is 0, 1, or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Woo Yong Shim, Jung-kul Lee, Jae-Young Kim, Jinha Kim, Singh BAKUL, Seung Hoon Song, Yu Kyung Jung, Kugalur Karuppanan KARTHIKEYAN
  • Publication number: 20250041800
    Abstract: A recombinant microorganism having enhanced ability for reducing nitrogen oxide, a composition comprising the recombinant microorganism for use in decreasing a concentration of nitrogen oxide in a sample, and a method of decreasing a concentration of nitrogen oxide in a sample using the recombinant microorganism or the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yu Kyung Jung, Jae-Young Kim, Jinha Kim, Seung Hoon Song, Woo Yong Shim
  • Patent number: 12109532
    Abstract: Provided are recombinant microorganisms having a foreign gene encoding a variant of a nitrous oxide reductase protein, a composition comprising the recombinant microorganism or the variant of a nitrous oxide reductase protein for use in removing nitrous oxide in a sample, a variant of a nitrous oxide reductase protein, and a polynucleotide encoding the variant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Yong Shim, Seung Hoon Song, Jae-Young Kim, Yu Kyung Jung
  • Publication number: 20240228946
    Abstract: Provided are a recombinant microorganisms having a genetic modification that increases the expression of bacterioferritin, a composition comprising the recombinant microorganism for use in reducing a nitrogen oxide concentration in a sample, and a method of reducing a nitrogen oxide concentration in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yu Kyung Jung, Jae-Young Kim, Seung Hoon Song, Woo Yong Shim
  • Patent number: 12024710
    Abstract: A recombinant microorganism of the genus Escherichia, comprises a genetic modification that increases expression of a nosZ gene encoding NosZ, which is a nitrous oxide reductase, in the recombinant microorganism, wherein the recombinant microorganism comprises a nosR gene encoding NosR, a nosD gene encoding NosD, a nosF gene encoding NosF, a nosY gene encoding NosY, and an apbE gene encoding ApbE, and wherein the nosR gene, the nosD gene, the nosF gene, the nosY gene and the apbE gene are derived from a microorganism of the genus Pseudomonas, the genus Paracoccus, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Yong Shim, Seung Hoon Song, Jae-Young Kim, Dongsik Yang, Yu Kyung Jung
  • Publication number: 20240132834
    Abstract: Provided are a recombinant microorganisms having a genetic modification that increases the expression of bacterioferritin, a composition comprising the recombinant microorganism for use in reducing a nitrogen oxide concentration in a sample, and a method of reducing a nitrogen oxide concentration in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yu Kyung Jung, Jae-Young Kim, Seung Hoon Song, Woo Yong Shim
  • Publication number: 20240102054
    Abstract: A method of reducing a concentration of a nitrogen oxide, the method comprising: contacting a microorganism with a nitrogen oxide-containing sample to reduce the concentration of the nitrogen oxide in the sample, wherein the contacting comprises contacting the microorganism with Fe(II)(L)-NOx in a bioreactor, wherein the Fe(II)(L)-NOx is a complex in which a chelating agent, Fe2+, and NOx are chelated, wherein L is the chelating agent, and wherein NOx is a nitrogen oxide ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Seung Hoon Song, Heejoo Han, Woo Yong Shim, Sukhwan Yoon, Jae-Young Kim, Sojung Yoon, Yu Kyung Jung
  • Publication number: 20230383266
    Abstract: Provided are polynucleotides encoding variants of nitrous oxide reductase proteins, recombinant microorganisms including a foreign gene encoding a variant of a nitrous oxide reductase protein, and a composition comprising the recombinant microorganism or the variant of a nitrous oxide reductase protein for use in removing nitrous oxide in a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Woo Yong Shim, Seung Hoon Song, Anurag Kumar, Jung-Kul Lee, Jae-Young Kim, Yu Kyung Jung
  • Patent number: 11753647
    Abstract: An isolated polynucleotide including a promoter region derived from a bacterium of the genus Paracoccus, a recombinant host cell including the isolated polynucleotide, and a method of expressing a target gene by culturing a recombinant host cell comprising a polynucleotide comprising the promoter region and a target gene operably linked to the promoter region, under conditions in which the target gene is expressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Young Kim, Taeyong Kim, Seung Hoon Song, Woo Yong Shim, Yu Kyung Jung
  • Publication number: 20230183755
    Abstract: A recombinant microorganism including a genetic modification that increases expression of a gene encoding a ferric enterobactin transporter-associated protein or a gene encoding a TonB-dependent transporter-associated protein, or a genetic modification that decreases expression of a fur gene encoding a ferric uptake regulator (Fur) protein, wherein the recombinant microorganism removes greater amounts of nitric oxide from a sample comprising nitric oxide than a same microorganism without the genetic modification
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Yu Kyung Jung, Jae-Young Kim, Seung Hoon Song, Woo Yong Shim
  • Publication number: 20230173432
    Abstract: Provided are recombinant microorganisms having a foreign gene encoding a variant of a nitrous oxide reductase protein, a composition comprising the recombinant microorganism or the variant of a nitrous oxide reductase protein for use in removing nitrous oxide in a sample, a variant of a nitrous oxide reductase protein, and a polynucleotide encoding the variant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Woo Yong Shim, Seung Hoon Song, Jae-Young Kim, Yu Kyung Jung
  • Publication number: 20220177896
    Abstract: A recombinant microorganism of the genus Escherichia, comprises a genetic modification that increases expression of a nosZ gene encoding NosZ, which is a nitrous oxide reductase, in the recombinant microorganism, wherein the recombinant microorganism comprises a nosR gene encoding NosR, a nosD gene encoding NosD, a nosF gene encoding NosF, a nosY gene encoding NosY, and an apbE gene encoding ApbE, and wherein the nosR gene, the nosD gene, the nosF gene, the nosY gene and the apbE gene are derived from a microorganism of the genus Pseudomonas, the genus Paracoccus, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Woo Yong Shim, Seung Hoon Song, Jae-Young Kim, Dongsik Yang, Yu Kyung Jung
  • Publication number: 20220162650
    Abstract: A recombinant microorganism including a genetic modification that increases activity of nitric oxide reductase in the recombinant microorganism, a composition for reducing a concentration of nitric oxide in a sample, the composition including the recombinant microorganism, and a method of reducing a concentration of nitric oxide in a sample, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Yu Kyung Jung, Woo Yong Shim, Jae-Young Kim, Seung Hoon Song, Dongsik Yang
  • Publication number: 20220154132
    Abstract: A method of reducing a concentration of N2O, NO, or a combination thereof in a medium, the method comprising: culturing a microorganism of the genus Paracoccus, a microorganism of the genus Pseudomonas, or a combination thereof in a liquid medium comprising Mg2+ ions and Fe(II)(L)-NO, N2O, or a combination thereof, wherein L is a chelating agent; and reducing NO to N2O or N2, or reducing N2O to N2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Seung Hoon Song, Woo Yong Shim, Jae-Young Kim, Yu Kyung Jung
  • Publication number: 20220025386
    Abstract: An isolated polynucleotide including a promoter region derived from a bacterium of the genus Paracoccus, a recombinant host cell including the isolated polynucleotide, and a method of expressing a target gene by culturing a recombinant host cell comprising a polynucleotide comprising the promoter region and a target gene operably linked to the promoter region, under conditions in which the target gene is expressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jae-Young Kim, Taeyong Kim, Seung Hoon Song, Woo Yong Shim, Yu Kyung Jung
  • Patent number: 7867740
    Abstract: Nucleic acids encoding Thermotoga maritima mannitol dehydrogenase and the Thermotoga maritima mannitol dehydrogenase polypeptide are disclosed. Further provided are an electrochemical bioreactor system and a bioreactor electrode that can be used to convert glucose or fructose to mannitol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Claire Vieille, Seung Hoon Song, J. Gregory Zeikus