Patents by Inventor Yonghao CUI

Yonghao CUI 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).

  • Method of producing value-added chemicals by using and co-cultures
    Patent number: 12071637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition or combination for the production of butanol and isopropanol, comprising an acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE)-producing Clostridium strain and a genetically engineered B. subtilis strain, wherein said genetically engineered B. subtilis strain has been transformed by at least one polynucleotide molecule; the at least one polynucleotide molecule comprising a secondary alcohol dehydrogenase gene operably linked to at least one promoter. The invention also relates to methods of producing butanol and isopropanol in a co-culture, methods of producing butyrate, isopropanol and butanol in a co-culture and methods of producing esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
    Inventors: Kun-Lin Yang, Kang Zhou, Yonghao Cui
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING VALUE-ADDED CHEMICALS BY USING CLOSTRIDIUM AND BACILLUS CO-CULTURES
    Publication number: 20220372449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition or combination for the production of butanol and isopropanol, comprising an acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE)-producing Clostridium strain and a genetically engineered B. subtilis strain, wherein said genetically engineered B. subtilis strain has been transformed by at least one polynucleotide molecule; the at least one polynucleotide molecule comprising a secondary alcohol dehydrogenase gene operably linked to at least one promoter. The invention also relates to methods of producing butanol and isopropanol in a co-culture, methods of producing butyrate, isopropanol and butanol in a co-culture and methods of producing esters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kun-Lin YANG, Kang ZHOU, Yonghao CUI