Patents by Inventor Stephen Minshull

Stephen Minshull 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: 20160032255
    Abstract: Provided herein are polypeptides having ketol-acid reductoisomerase activity as well as microbial host cells comprising such polypeptides. Polypeptides provided herein may be used in biosynthetic pathways, including, but not limited to, isobutanol biosynthetic pathways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Sridhar Govindarajan, Yougen Li, Der-Ing Liao, Daniel P. O'Keefe, Jeremy Stephen Minshull, Steven Cary Rothman, Alexander Vincent Tobias
  • Patent number: 9169467
    Abstract: Provided herein are polypeptides having ketol-aid reductoisomerase activity as well as microbial host cells comprising such polypeptides. Polypeptides provided herein may be used in biosynthetic pathways, including, but not limited to, isobutanol biosynthetic pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC
    Inventors: Sridhar Govindarajan, Yougen Li, Der-Ing Liao, Daniel P. O'Keefe, Jeremy Stephen Minshull, Steven Cary Rothman, Alexander Vincent Tobias
  • Patent number: 8827964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drug delivery comprising a housing (10) adapted to retain a cartridge (16) and a piston rod (26), the piston rod (26) being adapted to drive a piston (28) so as to engage the piston (28) into the cartridge (16) in response to operating an operating button (30), and an indicator means (40) being capable of revealing usage related information of the drug delivery device (5), the indicator means (40) being movable with respect to the housing (10). Furthermore, using indicator means (40) on a drug delivery device (5), wherein the so as to reveal usage related information of the drug delivery device (5), wherein the indicator means (40) being movable with respect to a housing (10) of the drug delivery device (5) is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Robert Frederick Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre, Stephen Minshull, Christopher James Smith, Patrick Gerard Linnane
  • Publication number: 20140051133
    Abstract: Provided herein are polypeptides having ketol-aid reductoisomerase activity as well as microbial host cells comprising such polypeptides. Polypeptides provided herein may be used in biosynthetic pathways, including, but not limited to, isobutanol biosynthetic pathways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS, LLC
    Inventors: Sridhar Govindarajan, Yougen Li, Der-Ing Liao, Daniel P. O'Keefe, Jeremy Stephen Minshull, Steven Cary Rothman, Alexander Vincent Tobias
  • Publication number: 20130267910
    Abstract: The invention relates to an injection supporting device for a syringe. The syringe comprises a cartridge for a medicament and may comprise an injection needle extending in a z-direction from the cartridge to dispense the contents of the cartridge. Alternatively the injection needle may be part of the injection supporting device itself. The injection supporting device comprises a housing to receive at least a part of the cartridge, a needle shield and a resilient member coupled to the needle shield and the housing. The needle shield comprises a distal portion and a proximal portion, a distal opening in a front end of the distal portion and a needle guide for guiding the injection needle towards the distal opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Kerstine Hemmann, Stephen Minshull, Michael Heald, Graham Jay
  • Patent number: 8412461
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer program products for antibody engineering. A variant set for an antibody of interest is constructed by identifying, using a plurality of rules, a plurality of positions in the antibody of interest and, for each respective position in the plurality of positions, substitutions for the respective position. The plurality of positions and the substitutions for each respective position in the plurality of position collectively define an antibody sequence space. A variant set comprising a plurality of variants of the antibody is selected. A property of all or a portion of the variants in the variant set is measured. A sequence-activity relationship is modeled between (i) one or more substitutions at one or more positions of the antibody of interest represented by the variant set and (ii) the property measured for all or the portion of the variants in the variant set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: DNA Twopointo, Inc.
    Inventors: Claes Gustafsson, Sridhar Govindarajan, Jeremy Stephen Minshull
  • Publication number: 20120130316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drug delivery comprising a housing (10) adapted to retain a cartridge (16) and a piston rod (26), the piston rod (26) being adapted to drive a piston (28) so as to engage the piston (28) into the cartridge (16) in response to operating an operating button (30), and an indicator means (40) being capable of revealing usage related information of the drug delivery device (5), the indicator means (40) being movable with respect to the housing (10). Furthermore, using indicator means (40) on a drug delivery device (5), wherein the so as to reveal usage related information of the drug delivery device (5), wherein the indicator means (40) being movable with respect to a housing (10) of the drug delivery device (5) is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Robert Frederick Veasey, David Aubrey Plumptre, Stephen Minshull, Christopher James Smith, Patrick Gerard Linnane
  • Patent number: 8005620
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer program products for biopolymer engineering. A variant set for a biopolymer of interest is constructed by identifying, using a plurality of rules, a plurality of positions in the biopolymer of interest and, for each respective position in the plurality of positions, substitutions for the respective position. The plurality of positions and the substitutions for each respective position in the plurality of positions collectively define a biopolymer sequence space. A variant set comprising a plurality of variants of the biopolymer of interest is selected. A property of all or a portion of the variants in the variant set is measured. A sequence-activity relationship is modeled between (i) one or more substitutions at one or more positions of the biopolymer of interest represented by the variant set and (ii) the property measured for all or the portion of the variants in the variant set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: DNA Twopointo Inc.
    Inventors: Claes Gustafsson, Sridhar Govindarajan, Jeremy Stephen Minshull
  • Publication number: 20110166844
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer program products for antibody engineering. A variant set for an antibody of interest is constructed by identifying, using a plurality of rules, a plurality of positions in the antibody of interest and, for each respective position in the plurality of positions, substitutions for the respective position. The plurality of positions and the substitutions for each respective position in the plurality of position collectively define an antibody sequence space. A variant set comprising a plurality of variants of the antibody is selected. A property of all or a portion of the variants in the variant set is measured. A sequence-activity relationship is modeled between (i) one or more substitutions at one or more positions of the antibody of interest represented by the variant set and (ii) the property measured for all or the portion of the variants in the variant set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: DNA TWOPOINTO, INC
    Inventors: Claes Gustafsson, Sridhar Govindarajan, Jeremy Stephen Minshull
  • Publication number: 20100100331
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer program products for biopolymer engineering. A variant set for a biopolymer of interest is constructed by identifying, using a plurality of rules, a plurality of positions in the biopolymer of interest and, for each respective position in the plurality of positions, substitutions for the respective position. The plurality of positions and the substitutions for each respective position in the plurality of positions collectively define a biopolymer sequence space. A variant set comprising a plurality of variants of the biopolymer of interest is selected. A property of all or a portion of the variants in the variant set is measured. A sequence-activity relationship is modeled between (i) one or more substitutions at one or more positions of the biopolymer of interest represented by the variant set and (ii) the property measured for all or the portion of the variants in the variant set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: DNA Twopointo Inc.
    Inventors: Claes Gustafsson, Sridhar Govindarajan, Jeremy Stephen Minshull
  • Publication number: 20080066750
    Abstract: A counter mechanism useable with a dry powder inhaler is disclosed. The mechanism features first and second indicator members rotatable about a central axis. The indicator members have counting indicia visible to indicate inhaler doses remaining or dispensed. A coupling transmits rotary motion from the inhaler to the second indicator member when the inhaler is charged with a dose. A slave wheel, rotatable about an axis offset from the central axis, has a drive transfer wheel on one face and a gear on an opposite face. The gear engages the second indicator member, the drive transfer wheel intermittently engages and rotates the first indicator member in response to rotary motion of the second indicator member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Aventis Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Minshull, Duncan Young, Andrew Ledgeway, Simon Wells, Graham Lacy, Julian Swan
  • Publication number: 20080050357
    Abstract: Methods, computer systems, and computer program products for antibody engineering. A variant set for an antibody of interest is constructed by identifying, using a plurality of roles, a plurality of positions in the antibody of interest and, for each respective position in the plurality of positions, substitutions for the respective position. The plurality of positions and the substitutions for each respective position in the plurality of positions collectively define an antibody sequence space. A variant set comprising a plurality of variants of the antibody of interest is selected. A property of all or a portion of the variants in the variant set is measured. A sequence-activity relationship is modeled between (i) one or more substitutions at one or more positions of the antibody of interest represented by the variant set and (ii) the property measured for all or the portion of the variants in the variant set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Claes Gustafsson, Sridhar Govindarajan, Jeremy Stephen Minshull