Patents by Inventor William J. Coleman
William J. Coleman 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).
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Patent number: 11851664Abstract: A crtW gene from a strain of Brevundimonas is disclosed that encodes a novel ketolase for carotenoid synthesis. An exemplary synthetic operon containing additional relevant carotenoid gene sequences is also provided, where the expression of the synthetic operon is used to produce ketocarotenoids. Suitable DNA expression constructs derived from these sequences are inserted into an expression host for expression. The expression product is a ketolase enzyme that is operable for transforming beta-carotene into canthaxanthin and astaxanthin.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: OAKBIO, INC.Inventors: Chia-Han Song, William J. Coleman, Brian Sefton
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Patent number: 11821019Abstract: Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH4) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: PRECIGEN, INC.Inventors: William J. Coleman, Genevieve M. Vidanes, Guillaume Cottarel, Sheela Muley, Roy Kamimura, Akbar F. Javan, Jianping Sun, Eli S. Groban
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Publication number: 20230000125Abstract: Aquafeed, animal feed, and other food products, as well as nutritional and pharmaceutical compounds, chemicals and biomaterials are important commodities that can be produced at commercial scale by fermentation of microorganisms. The present invention provides a method for producing these valuable multi-carbon compounds from simple gas feedstocks, such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen and oxygen, by cultivating a consortium of microbial cells specially selected for this purpose in an aqueous culture medium. In addition to exploiting inexpensive feedstocks, such as waste industrial gas for this cultivation, the platform described herein also provides the advantage of removing carbon dioxide and other waste gases from industrial emissions, which would otherwise contribute to global climate change. Furthermore, the cultivation of a microbial consortium can provide highly nutritious components to a feed blend that might not be available from a monoculture.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Brian A. Sefton, William J. Coleman
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Patent number: 11439172Abstract: Aquafeed, animal feed, and other food products, as well as nutritional and pharmaceutical compounds, chemicals and biomaterials are important commodities that can be produced at commercial scale by fermentation of microorganisms. The present invention provides a method for producing these valuable multi-carbon compounds from simple gas feedstocks, such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen and oxygen, by cultivating a consortium of microbial cells specially selected for this purpose in an aqueous culture medium. In addition to exploiting inexpensive feedstocks, such as waste industrial gas for this cultivation, the platform described herein also provides the advantage of removing carbon dioxide and other waste gases from industrial emissions, which would otherwise contribute to global climate change. Furthermore, the cultivation of a microbial consortium can provide highly nutritious components to a feed blend that might not be available from a monoculture.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: OAKBIO, INC.Inventors: Brian A Sefton, William J Coleman
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Publication number: 20220204979Abstract: A crtW gene from a strain of Brevundimonas is disclosed that encodes a novel ketolase for carotenoid synthesis. An exemplary synthetic operon containing additional relevant carotenoid gene sequences is also provided, where the expression of the synthetic operon is used to produce ketocarotenoids. Suitable DNA expression constructs derived from these sequences are inserted into an expression host for expression. The expression product is a ketolase enzyme that is operable for transforming beta-carotene into canthaxanthin and astaxanthin.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Chia-Han Song, William J. Coleman, Brian Sefton
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Publication number: 20210337829Abstract: High protein and high nutritional products comprising a mix of specific bacterial species, and methods of producing the same, are provided. Products can be produced via a co-culture of axenic source strains grown on simple gas feedstocks, such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen and oxygen, as can be provided by industrial waste gases. A consortium of bacterial strains specially selected for this purpose is cultured in an aqueous culture medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Brian A. Sefton, William J. Coleman
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Publication number: 20210171988Abstract: Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH4) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: William J. COLEMAN, Genevieve M. VIDANES, Guillaume COTTAREL, Sheela MULEY, Roy KAMIMURA, Akbar F. JAVAN, Jianping SUN, Eli S. GROBAN
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Patent number: 10876137Abstract: Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH4) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: PRECIGEN, INC.Inventors: William J. Coleman, Genevieve M. Vidanes, Guillaume Cottarel, Sheela Muley, Roy Kamimura, Akbar F. Javan, Jianping Sun, Eli S. Groban
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Patent number: 10844563Abstract: A flood protection system comprises a plurality of stackable planks which mount at their ends to a building wall with a water tight seal. The wall mount includes a flat gasket portion directly affixed to the building and outwardly extending protrusions having a substantially T-shaped configuration located thereon such that a uniquely shaped gasket connected to a plank engages the substantially T-shaped outer portion of the protrusions to permit rapid stacking and disassembly of planks. The extruded aluminum planks include internal ribbing to provide added strength while eliminating the excessive weight of conventional planks. Unique anchor means may also be provided to stabilize the planks where long spans are involved.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Inventor: William J. Coleman
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Publication number: 20190000124Abstract: Aquafeed, animal feed, and other food products, as well as nutritional and pharmaceutical compounds, chemicals and biomaterials are important commodities that can be produced at commercial scale by fermentation of microorganisms. The present invention provides a method for producing these valuable multi-carbon compounds from simple gas feedstocks, such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen and oxygen, by cultivating a consortium of microbial cells specially selected for this purpose in an aqueous culture medium. In addition to exploiting inexpensive feedstocks, such as waste industrial gas for this cultivation, the platform described herein also provides the advantage of removing carbon dioxide and other waste gases from industrial emissions, which would otherwise contribute to global climate change. Furthermore, the cultivation of a microbial consortium can provide highly nutritious components to a feed blend that might not be available from a monoculture.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Brian A. Sefton, William J. Coleman
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Publication number: 20170335351Abstract: Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH4) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: INTREXON CORPORATIONInventors: William J. COLEMAN, Genevieve M. Vidanes, Guillaume Cottarel, Sheela Muley, Roy Kamimura, Akbar F. Javan, Jianping Sun, Eli S. Groban
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Patent number: 9745603Abstract: Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH4) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Intrexon CorporationInventors: William J. Coleman, Genevieve M. Vidanes, Guillaume Cottarel, Sheela Muley, Roy Kamimura, Akbar F. Javan, Jianping Sun, Eli S. Groban
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Publication number: 20170152529Abstract: Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH4) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2016Publication date: June 1, 2017Applicant: INTREXON CORPORATIONInventors: William J. Coleman, Genevieve M. Vidanes, Guillaume Cottarel, Sheela Muley, Roy Kamimura, Akbar F. Javan, Jianping Sun, Eli S. Groban
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Patent number: 9399783Abstract: Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH4) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: INTREXON CORPORATIONInventors: William J. Coleman, Genevieve M. Vidanes, Guillaume Cottarel, Sheela Muley, Roy Kamimura, Akbar F. Javan, Jianping Sun, Eli S. Groban
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Publication number: 20160160243Abstract: Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH4) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: Intrexon CorporationInventors: William J. Coleman, Genevieve M. Vidanes, Guillaume Cottarel, Sheela Muley, Roy Kamimura, Akbar F. Javan, Jianping Sun, Eli S. Groban
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Patent number: 9267158Abstract: Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH4) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Intrexon CorporationInventors: William J. Coleman, Genevieve M. Vidanes, Guillaume Cottarel, Sheela Muley, Roy Kamimura, Akbar F. Javan, Jianping Sun, Eli S. Groban
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Publication number: 20140273128Abstract: Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH4) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Intrexon CorporationInventors: William J. COLEMAN, Genevieve M. VIDANES, Guillaume COTTAREL, Sheela MULEY, Roy KAMIMURA, Akbar F. JAVAN, Jianping SUN, Eli S. GROBAN
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Publication number: 20110252686Abstract: A high reliability extractor depressor assembly for use in handguns which significantly reduces the effect of recoil on the extractor depressor plunger assembly. These positive effects are accomplished by the following: (a) designing a new longer piece (standoff bar) of greater mass, (b) redistributing the mass from the rear of the assembly to the front, (c) designing a new shorter piece (extractor depressor plunger), (d) reversing the location of the longer piece (standoff bar) and the shorter piece (extractor depressor plunger) in the assembly, (e) increasing total mass of the assembly, and (f) changing the balance of the assembly by shifting mass to the rear of the spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2010Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventor: William J. Coleman
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Patent number: D656269Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2010Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Inventors: Robert David Castagno, William J. Coleman
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Patent number: D656667Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Inventors: Robert David Castagno, William J Coleman