Patents by Inventor Tianyong ZHENG

Tianyong ZHENG 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).

  • THERMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS FOR CONVERSION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS TO ETHANOL
    Publication number: 20180195091
    Abstract: It is disclosed here engineered cellulolytic microorganisms capable of producing ethanol from lignocellulosic feedstock with high yield. Multiple genes in Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum that are involved in the pyruvate to ethanol pathway are disclosed which may be transferred into C. thermocellum or other natively cellulolytic microorganisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel G. Olson, Lee R. Lynd, Liang TIAN, Jonathan LO, Jilai ZHOU, Shuen HON, Tianyong ZHENG