Patents by Inventor Stuart A. Underwood

Stuart A. Underwood 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).

  • Solubilization of coal or lignocellulose biomass
    Patent number: 9528061
    Abstract: The present methods deal with the solubilization of coal and lignocellulose biomass using pyrophosphates, polyphosphates, or derivatives thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Synthetic Genomics Inc.
    Inventors: Brian G. Clement, Toby Richardson, Stuart A. Underwood
  • Methylbutanol as an advanced biofuel
    Patent number: 9080188
    Abstract: This invention describes genes, metabolic pathways, microbial strains and methods to produce methylbutanol and other compounds of interest from renewable feedstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Synthetic Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Picataggio, Robert C. Brown, Jessica R. Kristof, Gena Roy, Prachee Prakash, Stuart A. Underwood, Kevin Watts, Kevin V. Martin
  • Methylbutanol as an Advanced Biofuel
    Publication number: 20140322780
    Abstract: This invention describes genes, metabolic pathways, microbial strains and methods to produce methylbutanol and other compounds of interest from renewable feedstocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen Picataggio, Robert C. Brown, Jessica R. Kristof, Gena Roy, Prachee Prakash, Stuart A. Underwood, Kevin Watts, Kevin V. Martin
  • SOLUBILIZATION OF COAL OR LIGNOCELLULOSE BIOMASS
    Publication number: 20120064609
    Abstract: The present methods deal with the solubilization of coal and lignocellulose biomass using pyrophosphates, polyphosphates, or derivatives thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SYNTHETIC GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian G. Clement, Toby Richardson, Stuart A. Underwood
  • Methylbutanol as an advanced biofuel
    Patent number: 8114641
    Abstract: This invention describes genes, metabolic pathways, microbial strains and methods to produce methyl butanol and other compounds of interest from renewable feedstocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Synthetic Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Picataggio, Robert C. Brown, Jessica R. Kristof, Gena Roy, Prachee Prakash, Stuart A. Underwood, Kevin Watts, Kevin V. Martin
  • Methods for improving cell growth and alcohol production during fermentation
    Publication number: 20020137154
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for increasing the production of alcohol, e.g., ethanol, from a saccharide source and increasing the growth of ethanologenic cells by exposing ethanologenic cells to a compound. Preferred alcohologenic cells (cells capable of fermenting a carbon source into an alcohol) are selected from the family Enterobacteriaceae, such as, for example, Escherichia or Klebsiella. Furthermore, the methods and compositions of the invention are suitable for use in simultaneous saccharification and fermentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Lonnie O?apos;Neal Ingram, Stuart A. Underwood