Patents by Inventor SOPHIE LAJUS

SOPHIE LAJUS 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).

  • Degradation pathway for pentose and hexose sugars
    Patent number: 11584944
    Abstract: The present application relates to recombinant microorganisms useful in the biosynthesis of monoethylene glycol (MEG) or glycolic acid (GA), or MEG and one or more co-product, from one or more pentose and/or hexose sugars. Also provided are methods of producing MEG (or GA), or MEG (or GA) and one or more co-product, from one or more pentose and/or hexose sugars using the recombinant microorganisms, as well as compositions comprising the recombinant microorganisms and/or the products MEG (or GA), or MEG and one or more co-product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BRASKEM S.A.
    Inventors: Daniel Johannes Koch, Lucas Pederson Parizzi, Felipe Galzerani, Jean Marie Francois, Sophie Lajus
  • DEGRADATION PATHWAY FOR PENTOSE AND HEXOSE SUGARS
    Publication number: 20200283811
    Abstract: The present application relates to recombinant microorganisms useful in the biosynthesis of monoethylene glycol (MEG) or glycolic acid (GA), or MEG and one or more co-product, from one or more pentose and/or hexose sugars. Also provided are methods of producing MEG (or GA), or MEG (or GA) and one or more co-product, from one or more pentose and/or hexose sugars using the recombinant microorganisms, as well as compositions comprising the recombinant microorganisms and/or the products MEG (or GA), or MEG and one or more co-product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Johannes KOCH, Lucas Pederson PARIZZI, Felipe GALZERANI, Jean Marie FRANCOIS, Sophie LAJUS
  • Recombinant yeast cells producing polylactic acid and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10717996
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant yeast cell comprising a gene encoding a protein exhibiting lactyl-CoA synthase activity and a gene encoding a protein exhibiting lactyl-CoA polymerase activity, said recombinant cell having the ability of producing polylactic acid (PLA), and the uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: CARBIOS, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE, A'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT, INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Simon Dusseaux, Sophie Lajus, Vinciane Borsenberger, Jonathan Verbeke, Florence Bordes, Alain Marty, Jean-Marc Nicaud, Athanasios Beopoulos
  • RECOMBINANT YEAST CELLS PRODUCING POLYLACTIC ACID AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190002933
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant yeast cell comprising a gene encoding a protein exhibiting lactyl-CoA synthase activity and a gene encoding a protein exhibiting lactyl-CoA polymerase activity, said recombinant cell having the ability of producing polylactic acid (PLA), and the uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: SIMON DUSSEAUX, SOPHIE LAJUS, VINCIANE BORSENBERGER, JONATHAN VERBEKE, FLORENCE BORDES, ALAIN MARTY, JEAN-MARC NICAUD, ATHANASIOS BEOPOULOS