Patents by Inventor Zheyuan Guo
Zheyuan Guo 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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Publication number: 20250064098Abstract: Newly identified fungal sweet-taste modifying proteins, and the cDNA encoding said proteins are described. Specifically, Myd proteins active in sweet taste activation, and the cDNA encoding the same, are described, along with methods for isolating such cDNA and for isolating and expressing such proteins. Also disclosed is use of a sweetening composition which includes the proteins of the invention, and methods to provide improved flavor to a product for oral administration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: MycoTechnology, Inc.Inventors: Marina NADAL, Anthony J. CLARK, Zheyuan GUO, Stephen A. GRAVINA, Anthony WESTGATE, Bassam ALKOTAINI, Ashley HAN, Brendan SHARKEY, Evan STRASSBURGER, Joseph MEILEN, Hyung CHANG, Alan D. HAHN
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Publication number: 20250049087Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the use of a sweetening composition comprising (i) a mycelia of an ascomycete or an aqueous extract thereof or (ii) an aqueous extract of a fruiting body of an ascomycete, to provide improved flavor to a product for oral administration, as well as to a sweetening composition comprising (i) a mycelia of an ascomycete or an aqueous extract thereof or (ii) an aqueous extract of a fruiting body of an ascomycete as well as to compositions comprising combinations of sweetening compositions and a product for oral administration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicant: MYCOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Anthony J. CLARK, Alan D. HAHN, Zheyuan GUO, Marina NADAL, Anthony WESTGATE, James Patrick LANGAN, Brooks John KELLY
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Patent number: 12171249Abstract: Newly identified fungal sweet-taste modifying proteins, and the cDNA encoding said proteins are described. Specifically, Myd proteins active in sweet taste activation, and the cDNA encoding the same, are described, along with methods for isolating such cDNA and for isolating and expressing such proteins. Also disclosed is use of a sweetening composition which includes the proteins of the invention, and methods to provide improved flavor to a product for oral administration.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: MYCOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Marina Nadal, Anthony J. Clark, Zheyuan Guo, Stephen A. Gravina, Anthony Westgate, Bassam Alkotaini, Ashley Han, Brendan Sharkey, Evan Strassburger, Joseph Meilen, Hyung Chang, Alan D. Hahn
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Patent number: 12016356Abstract: Newly identified fungal sweet-taste modifying proteins, and the cDNA encoding said proteins are described. Specifically, Myd proteins active in sweet taste activation, and the cDNA encoding the same, are described, along with methods for isolating such cDNA and for isolating and expressing such proteins. Also disclosed is use of a sweetening composition which includes the proteins of the invention, and methods to provide improved flavor to a product for oral administration.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: MYCOTECNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Marina Nadal, Anthony J. Clark, Zheyuan Guo, Stephen A. Gravina, Anthony Westgate, Bassam Alkotaini, Ashley Han, Brendan Sharkey, Evan Strassburger, Joseph Meilen, Hyung Chang, Alan D. Hahn
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Publication number: 20240158820Abstract: Provided herein is a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant microorganism, and a method for fermentative production of n-butylacrylate and other esters from alcohols and acyl-CoA units using alcohol acyl transferase enzymes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2024Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Stephan SAUM, Woncheol KIM, Oskar ZELDER, Jennifer JAITZIG, Zheyuan GUO
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Publication number: 20240122220Abstract: Newly identified fungal sweet-taste modifying proteins, and the cDNA encoding said proteins are described. Specifically, Myd proteins active in sweet taste activation, and the cDNA encoding the same, are described, along with methods for isolating such cDNA and for isolating and expressing such proteins. Also disclosed is use of a sweetening composition which includes the proteins of the invention, and methods to provide improved flavor to a product for oral administration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: MycoTechnology, Inc.Inventors: Marina NADAL, Anthony J. CLARK, Zheyuan GUO, Stephen A. GRAVINA, Anthony WESTGATE, Bassam ALKOTAINI, Ashley HAN, Brendan SHARKEY, Evan STRASSBURGER, Joseph MEILEN, Hyung CHANG, Alan D. HAHN
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Patent number: 11913054Abstract: Provided herein is a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant microorganism, and a method for fermentative production of n-butylacrylate and other esters from alcohols and acyl-CoA units using alcohol acyl transferase enzymes.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Stephan Saum, Woncheol Kim, Oskar Zelder, Jennifer Jaitzig, Zheyuan Guo
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Publication number: 20230210154Abstract: Newly identified fungal sweet-taste modifying proteins (designated Honey Truffle Sweetener (HTS)), and polynucleotides encoding the proteins are described. Specifically, Myd proteins with sweet taste modulation activity, and the cDNA encoding the same, are described, along with methods for isolating such cDNA and for isolating and expressing such proteins. Also disclosed are sweetening composition which includes the proteins of the invention, and methods to provide improved flavor to a product for oral administration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Marina NADAL, Anthony J. CLARK, Zheyuan GUO, Stephen A. GRAVINA, Anthony WESTGATE, Bassam ALKOTAINI, Ashley HAN, Brendan SHARKEY, Evan STRASSBURGER, Joseph MEILEN, James Patrick LANGAN
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Publication number: 20220183333Abstract: Newly identified fungal sweet-taste modifying proteins, and the cDNA encoding said proteins are described. Specifically, Myd proteins active in sweet taste activation, and the cDNA encoding the same, are described, along with methods for isolating such cDNA and for isolating and expressing such proteins. Also disclosed is use of a sweetening composition which includes the proteins of the invention, and methods to provide improved flavor to a product for oral administration.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: MycoTechnology, Inc.Inventors: Marina NADAL, Anthony J. CLARK, Zheyuan GUO, Stephen A. GRAVINA, Anthony WESTGATE, Bassam ALKOTAINI, Ashley HAN, Brendan SHARKEY, Evan STRASSBURGER, Joseph MEILEN, Hyung CHANG
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Patent number: 11297861Abstract: Newly identified fungal sweet-taste modifying proteins, and the cDNA encoding said proteins are described. Specifically, Myd proteins active in sweet taste activation, and the cDNA encoding the same, are described, along with methods for isolating such cDNA and for isolating and expressing such proteins. Also disclosed is use of a sweetening composition which includes the proteins of the invention, and methods to provide improved flavor to a product for oral administration.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: MycoTechnology, Inc.Inventors: Marina Nadal, Anthony J. Clark, Zheyuan Guo, Stephen A. Gravina, Anthony Westgate, Bassam Alkotaini, Ashley Han, Brendan Sharkey, Evan Strassburger, Joseph Meilen, Hyung Chang
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Publication number: 20220104523Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the use of a sweetening composition comprising (i) a mycelia of an ascomycete or an aqueous extract thereof or (ii) an aqueous extract of a fruiting body of an ascomycete, to provide improved flavor to a product for oral administration, as well as to a sweetening composition comprising (i) a mycelia of an ascomycete or an aqueous extract thereof or (ii) an aqueous extract of a fruiting body of an ascomycete as well as to compositions comprising combinations of sweetening compositions and a product for oral administration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: MycoTechnology, Inc.Inventors: Anthony J. CLARK, Alan D. HAHN, Zheyuan GUO, Marina NADAL, Anthony WESTGATE, James Patrick LANGAN, Brooks John KELLY
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Publication number: 20210401013Abstract: Newly identified fungal sweet-taste modifying proteins, and the cDNA encoding said proteins are described. Specifically, Myd proteins active in sweet taste activation, and the cDNA encoding the same, are described, along with methods for isolating such cDNA and for isolating and expressing such proteins. Also disclosed is use of a sweetening composition which includes the proteins of the invention, and methods to provide improved flavor to a product for oral administration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Marina NADAL, Anthony J. CLARK, Zheyuan GUO, Stephen A. GRAVINA, Anthony WESTGATE, Bassam ALKOTAINI, Ashley HAN, Brendan SHARKEY, Evan STRASSBURGER, Joseph Meilen, Hyung Chang
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Publication number: 20200245640Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a plant protein product which includes treating the plant protein with at least one an exogenous enzyme comprising an oxidoreductase and/or a hydrolase. The method results in a treated protein product that has reduced undesirable aromas and/or reduced undesirable tastes, compared to an untreated plant protein product. In a further embodiment, the method further includes mixing the treated protein product with another material to form a food composition. Also provided are compositions made by the methods of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: MycoTechnology, Inc.Inventors: Anthony J. CLARK, Marina NADAL, Zheyuan GUO
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Patent number: 10731188Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant microorganism, to a method for producing alanine and to the use of the recombinant nucleic acid molecule or the recombinant microorganism for the fermentative production of alanine.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hartwig Schröder, Holger Hartmann, Qingzhao Wang, Shakir Siraj Ratani, Zheyuan Guo, Markus Pompejus
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Patent number: 10519474Abstract: Recombinant microorganism for improved production of fine chemicals The present invention relates to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant micro-organism, to a method for producing alanine and to the use of the recombinant nucleic acid molecule or the recombinant microorganism for the fermentative production of alanine.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Qingzhao Wang, Shakir Siraj Ratani, Zheyuan Guo, Hartwig Schroeder, Holger Hartmann, Markus Pompejus
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Publication number: 20190119710Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant micro-organism, to a method for producing alanine and to the use of the recombinant nucleic acid molecule or the recombinant microorganism for the fermentative production of alanine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Hartwig Schröder, Holger Hartmann, Qingzhao Wang, Shakir Siraj Ratani, Zheyuan Guo, Markus Pompejus
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Publication number: 20190112622Abstract: Provided herein is a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant microorganism, and a method for fermentative production of n-butylacrylate and other esters from alcohols and acyl-CoA units using alcohol acyl transferase enzymes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Stephan Saum, Woncheol Kim, Oskar Zelder, Jennifer Jaitzig, Zheyuan Guo
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Patent number: 10208323Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant microorganism, to a method for producing alanine and to the use of the recombinant nucleic acid molecule or the recombinant microorganism for the fermentative production of alanine.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hartwig Schroeder, Holger Hartmann, Qingzhao Wang, Shakir Siraj Ratani, Zheyuan Guo, Markus Pompejus
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Patent number: 10208324Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant microorganism, to a method for producing alanine and to the use of the recombinant nucleic acid molecule or the recombinant microorganism for the fermentative production of alanine.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hartwig Schröder, Holger Hartmann, Qingzhao Wang, Shakir Ratani, Zheyuan Guo, Markus Pompejus
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Patent number: 10047364Abstract: The present invention relates to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant microorganism, to a method for producing alanine and to the use of the recombinant nucleic acid molecule or the recombinant microorganism for the fermentative production of alanine.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Hartwig Schröder, Holger Hartmann, Qingzhao Wang, Shakir Ratani, Zheyuan Guo, Markus Pompejus