Patents by Inventor Simone Zach

Simone Zach 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: 20090117613
    Abstract: A method of selective biooxidation to non activated carbon-hydrogen bonds of substances using a Geobacillus kaustophilus ‘Old Yellow Enzyme’ is provided”. It is shown that OYEs can be used to facilitate the biooxydation of substances, such as testosterone. It is also shown that OYE can introduce double bonds to form alpha, betaalpha, beta desaturated ketones. Furthermore, it is also shown that the use of OYEs allows for the production of oxidized substances in one step reactions, which are otherwise not accessible or only accessible after complex and inefficient multi-step reactions. In addition, the OYE used shows high stability (e.g. at high temperature, or in long lasting bioconversions). An exemplary embodiment is provided showing the use of an OYE to convert testosterone to 6?-hydroxytestosterone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Anton Glieder, Matthias Schittmayer, Spiros Kambourakis, Simone Zach