Patents by Inventor Zong-Xia YU

Zong-Xia YU 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).

  • Patent number: 10550409
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of producing drimenol and/or drimenol derivatives by contacting a polypeptide with farnesyl pyrophosphate. Also provided is an amino acid sequence of a polypeptide useful in the methods of the invention and nucleic acid encoding the polypeptides of the invention. The method further provides host cells or organisms genetically modified to express the polypeptides of the invention and useful to produce drimenol and/or drimenol derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Eric Wen-Bo Liu, Xiu-Feng He, Olivier Haefliger, Zong-Xia Yu, Pan Li
  • Publication number: 20190093131
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of producing drimenol and/or drimenol derivatives by contacting a polypeptide with farnesyl pyrophosphate. Also provided is an amino acid sequence of a polypeptide useful in the methods of the invention and nucleic acid encoding the polypeptides of the invention. The method further provides host cells or organisms genetically modified to express the polypeptides of the invention and useful to produce drimenol and/or drimenol derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Firmenich SA
    Inventors: Eric Wen-Bo LIU, Xiu-Feng HE, Olivier HAEFLIGER, Zong-Xia YU, Pan LI