Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Lockau

Wolfgang Lockau 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).

  • Genetically modified cyanobacteria for the production of ethanol
    Patent number: 9650642
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compositions of matter for the production of ethanol from carbon dioxide and water. Particularly, the invention provides photoautotrophic organisms having a first and second genetic modification, wherein the first genetic modification improves the ethanol production from organisms having the second genetic modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Algenol Biotech LLC
    Inventors: R. Paul Woods, Craig R. Smith, Dan Kramer, Heike Enke, Ulf Duhring, Kerstin Baier, Marianne Grundel, Wolfgang Lockau, Karl Ziegler, Christine Oesterhelt, John Coleman
  • Genetically Modified Cyanobacteria for the Production of Ethanol
    Publication number: 20100068776
    Abstract: The invention provides novel compositions of matter for the production of ethanol from carbon dioxide and water. Particularly, the invention provides photoautotrophic organisms having a first and second genetic modification, wherein the first genetic modification improves the ethanol production from organisms having the second genetic modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: R. Paul Woods, Craig R. Smith, Dan Kramer, Heike Enke, Kerstin Baier, Ulf Duhring, Karl Ziegler, Wolfgang Lockau, Marianne Grundel, John Coleman, Christine Oesterhelt
  • Method for improved production of cyanophycin and secondary products thereof
    Publication number: 20020115141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermostable cyanophycin synthetase produced from Synechococcus elongatus and to a method for improved production of cyanophycin and/or secondary products thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Karl Ziegler, Wolfgang Lockau, Jan Ebert, Kirill Piotukh, Holger Berg, Rudolf Volkmer-Engert