Patents by Inventor Yuri Sakihama

Yuri Sakihama 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 for producing ethanol from biomass
    Patent number: 9441249
    Abstract: Provided is a method for efficiently producing ethanol by ethanol fermentation from xylose using a saccharified biomass, which contains various fermentation inhibitors. A method for producing ethanol from biomass of the present invention includes the step of culturing a xylose-utilizing yeast transformed so as to overexpress a gene for an acetic acid-responsive transcription factor in combination with a saccharified biomass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: National University Corporation Kobe University
    Inventors: Akihiko Kondo, Tomohisa Hasunuma, Yuri Sakihama
  • Method For Producing Ethanol From Biomass
    Publication number: 20150218592
    Abstract: Provided is a method for efficiently producing ethanol by ethanol fermentation from xylose using a saccharified biomass, which contains various fermentation inhibitors. A method for producing ethanol from biomass of the present invention includes the step of culturing a xylose-utilizing yeast transformed so as to overexpress a gene for an acetic acid -responsive transcription factor in combination with a saccharified biomass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: National University Corporation Kobe University
    Inventors: Akihiko Kondo, Tomohisa Hasunuma, Yuri Sakihama