Patents by Inventor Steve Swinnen

Steve Swinnen 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).

  • Yeast alleles involved in maximal alcohol accumulation capacity and tolerance to high alcohol levels
    Patent number: 10000759
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a specific yeast allele of KIN3 that is involved in maximal alcohol accumulation and/or in tolerance to high alcohol levels. Preferably, the alcohol is ethanol. In a preferred embodiment, this specific allele is combined with specific alleles of ADE1 and/or VPS70. More specifically, the disclosure relates to the use of these alleles for the construction and/or selection of high alcohol tolerant yeasts, by stacking of positive alleles, or the selection and construction of low alcohol producing yeasts by stacking of negative alleles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignees: VIB VZW, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, K.U. LEUVEN R&D
    Inventors: Johan Thevelein, Annelies Goovaerts, Françoise Dumortier, Maria Remedios Foulquie-Moreno, Steve Swinnen, Thiago Martins Pais
  • Specific alleles important for ethanol tolerance
    Patent number: 9862957
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the identification of a QTL associated with high ethanol tolerance in Saccharomyces spp. More specifically, it relates to specific alleles of MKT1 and APJ1 possibly combined with a specific allele of SWS2 that are important in obtaining a high ethanol tolerance in Saccharomyces spp. It relates further to the use of such alleles in the construction of high ethanol tolerant strains, and the use of these alleles in screening for ethanol tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: VIB VZW, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, K. U. LEUVEN R&D
    Inventors: Johan Thevelein, Maria Remedios Foulquie-Moreno, Annelies Goovaerts, Steve Swinnen
  • SPECIFIC ALLELES IMPORTANT FOR ETHANOL TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20160304888
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the identification of a QTL associated with high ethanol tolerance in Saccharomyces spp. More specifically, it relates to specific alleles of MKT1 and APJ1 possibly combined with a specific allele of SWS2 that are important in obtaining a high ethanol tolerance in Saccharomyces spp. It relates further to the use of such alleles in the construction of high ethanol tolerant strains, and the use of these alleles in screening for ethanol tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: VIB VZW, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, K.U.Leuven R&D
    Inventors: Johan Thevelein, Maria Remedios Foulquie-Moreno, Annelies Goovaerts, Steve Swinnen
  • YEAST ALLELES INVOLVED IN MAXIMAL ALCOHOL ACCUMULATION CAPACITY AND TOLERANCE TO HIGH ALCOHOL LEVELS
    Publication number: 20160068848
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a specific yeast allele of KIN3 that is involved in maximal alcohol accumulation and/or in tolerance to high alcohol levels. Preferably, the alcohol is ethanol. In a preferred embodiment, this specific allele is combined with specific alleles of ADE1 and/or VPS70. More specifically, the disclosure relates to the use of these alleles for the construction and/or selection of high alcohol tolerant yeasts, by stacking of positive alleles, or the selection and construction of low alcohol producing yeasts by stacking of negative alleles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Johan Thevelein, Annelies Goovaerts, Françoise Dumortier, Maria Remedios Foulquie-Moreno, Steve Swinnen, Thiago Martins Pais
  • SPECIFIC ALLELES IMPORTANT FOR ETHANOL TOLERANCE
    Publication number: 20140228224
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the identification of a QTL associated with high ethanol tolerance in Saccharomyces spp. More specifically, it relates to specific alleles of MKT1 and APJ1 possibly combined with a specific allele of SWS2 that are important in obtaining a high ethanol tolerance in Saccharomyces spp. It relates further to the use of such alleles in the construction of high ethanol tolerant strains, and the use of these alleles in screening for ethanol tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Johan Thevelein, Maria Remedios Foulquié Moreno, Annelies Goovaerts, Steve Swinnen