Patents by Inventor Thiago Martins Pais

Thiago Martins Pais 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
  • 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