Patents by Inventor Teresa Shock

Teresa Shock 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).

  • Transcription factors for cellulosic enzyme production
    Patent number: 9441255
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for increasing the production of one or more cellulases from a fungal host cell. The disclosure is based, on the surprising discovery that mis-expression of the transcriptional regulator clr-2 in a filamentous fungal cell was able to induce expression of cellulase genes under non-inducing or starvation conditions, resulting in increased secretion of cellulases from the cell. Advantageously, mis-expression of the transcription factor clr-2 in a filamentous fungal cell cultured in the absence of cellulose or cellobiose results in increased secretion of cellulases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Chaoguang Tian, Teresa Shock, N. Louise Glass, Samuel Coradetti, James Craig
  • TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS FOR CELLULOSIC ENZYME PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20140220641
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for increasing the production of one or more cellulases from a fungal host cell. The disclosure is based, on the surprising discovery that mis-expression of the transcriptional regulator clr-2 in a filamentous fungal cell was able to induce expression of cellulase genes under non-inducing or starvation conditions, resulting in increased secretion of cellulases from the cell. Advantageously, mis-expression of the transcription factor clr-2 in a filamentous fungal cell cultured in the absence of cellulose or cellobiose results in increased secretion of cellulases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Chaoguang Tian, Teresa Shock, N. Louise Glass, Samuel Coradetti, James Craig