Patents by Inventor Susan Dorrian

Susan Dorrian 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).

  • Esterases with lipase activity
    Publication number: 20050176118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of insect esterases or lipases, or mutants thereof, as catalysts in biotransformation processes. The present invention may have application in any process involving hydrolysis, esterification, transesterification, interesterification or acylation reactions. The invention also has application in the enzymatic resolution of compounds to produce optically active compounds and has particular, but not exclusive, application to substrates having a hydrophobic moiety such as pyrethroids and fatty acid esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: John Oakeshott, Alan Devonshire, Christopher Coppin, Rama Heidari, Susan Dorrian, Robyn Russell
  • Degradation of hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins
    Publication number: 20050176117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and enzymes for degrading hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of insect esterases, and mutants thereof, in the bioremediation of hydrophobic ester pesticides and toxins residues, such as pyrethroid residues, contaminating the environment and horticultural commodities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Robyn Russell, Rama Heidari, Alan Devonshire, Susan Dorrian, John Oakeshott