Patents by Inventor Sharon L. Smolinski

Sharon L. Smolinski 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).

  • Process and genes for expression and overexpression of active [FeFe] hydrogenases
    Patent number: 8835153
    Abstract: A process for expression of active [FeFe]-hydrogenase in a host organism that does not contain either the structural gene(s) for [FeFe]-hydrogenases and/or homologues for the maturation genes HydE, HydF and HyG, comprising: cloning the structural hydrogenase gene(s) and/or the maturation genes HydE, HydF and HydG from an organisms that contains these genes into expression plasmids; transferring the plasmids into an organism that lacks a native [FeFe]-hydrogenase or that has a disrupted [FeFe]-hydrogenase and culturing it aerobically; and inducing anaerobiosis to provide [FeFe] hydrogenase biosynthesis and H?2#191 production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Seibert, Paul W. King, Maria Lucia Ghirardi, Matthew C. Posewitz, Sharon L. Smolinski
  • PROCESS AND GENES FOR EXPRESSION AND OVEREXPRESSION OF ACTIVE [FeFe] HYDROGENASES
    Publication number: 20090087880
    Abstract: A process for expression of active [FeFe]-hydrogenase in a host organism that does not contain either the structural gene(s) for [FeFe]-hydrogenases and/or homologues for the maturation genes HydE, HydF and HyG, comprising: cloning the structural hydrogenase gene(s) and/or the maturation genes HydE, HydF and HydG from an organisms that contains these genes into expression plasmids; transferring the plasmids into an organism that lacks a native [FeFe]-hydrogenase or that has a disrupted [FeFe]-hydrogenase and culturing it aerobically; and inducing anaerobiosis to provide [FeFe] hydrogenase biosynthesis and H?2#191 production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Seibert, Paul W. King, Maria Lucia Ghirardi, Matthew C. Posewitz, Sharon L. Smolinski