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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150284673 | HARVESTING ALGAE FROM WATER - The present application includes methods to harvest a non-vascular photosynthetic organism (NVPO) such as microalgae from an aqueous culture comprising brackish, non-brackish, marine, sea or saline water using polymer flocculants. The methods are suitable for harvesting NVPO from aqueous culture with total dissovled solids (TDS) of at least 1500 mg/L. Methods are also provided to harvest a NVPO using flocculation with or without a Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) process. Methods are further provided to flocculate and harvest a NVPO directly in a pond. The present application further provides NVPO-containing intermediates, compositions, or products produced by the methods provided herein. | 10-08-2015 |
20150240197 | CARBONATION SUMP - Disclosed herein is a pond for cultivating a non-vascular photosynthetic organism in a liquid medium, comprising a sump comprising an inflow slope with an angle of about 20 to about 70 degrees, and optionally an outflow slope of with an angle of about 5 to about 40 degrees. The novel sump design results in good overall carbonation efficiency and does not result in a large loss of biomass of a cultivated organism. | 08-27-2015 |
20150132829 | INDUCTION OF FLOCCULATION IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS - The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing flocculation moieties in photosynthetic organisms. The photosynthetic organisms are genetically modified to effect production, secretion, or both, of the flocculation moieties. Also provided are methods of flocculating organisms. | 05-14-2015 |
20150089690 | SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE RESISTANT GENES - The present disclosure provides novel genes, identified from a | 03-26-2015 |
20150059023 | BIOMASS YIELD GENES - The present disclosure provides several novel genes that have been shown to increase the biomass yield or biomass of a photosynthetic organism. The disclosure also provides methods of using the novel genes and organisms transformed with the novel genes. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056707 | ENGINEERING SALT TOLERANCE IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS - Provided herein are compositions and methods for engineering salt tolerance and producing products by photosynthetic organisms. The photosynthetic organisms can be genetically modified to be salt tolerant as compared to an unmodified organism and to produce useful products. The methods and compositions of the disclosure are useful in many therapeutic and industrial applications. | 02-26-2015 |
20150010978 | TERPENE AND TERPENOID PRODUCTION IN PROKARYOTES AND EUKARYOTES - Terpene synthases are enzymes that directly convert IPP & DMAPP to terpenes, such as fusicoccadiene. Described herein are methods and compositions for the production of terpenes and terpenoids for use as fuel molecules or other useful components. Genetically engineered enzymes capable of producing terpenes and terpenoids are also described. | 01-08-2015 |
20140335562 | Genetically Engineered Herbicide Resistant Algae - Algae transformed with one or more polynucleotides encoding proteins that confer herbicide resistance are provided. The algae can be grown in small or large scale cultures that include one or more herbicides for the production and isolation of various products. | 11-13-2014 |
20120322157 | STRESS-INDUCED LIPID TRIGGER - The present disclosure provides novel proteins that when over expressed in algae result in an increase or change in fatty acid and/or glycerol lipid production and/or accumulation, without a substantial decrease in the growth rate of the alga or the break down of algal components, such as chlorophyll. The present disclosure also describes methods of using the novel proteins to increase or change the production and/or accumulation of fatty acids and/or glycerol lipids in algae. In addition, these proteins are useful tools in obtaining information about the fatty acid and triacyglyceride (TAG) synthetic pathways in algae. | 12-20-2012 |
20120322102 | GENETICALLY ENGINEERED HERBICIDE RESISTANT ALGAE - Algae transformed with one or more polynucleotides encoding proteins that confer herbicide resistance are provided. The algae can be grown in small or large scale cultures that include one or more herbicides for the production and isolation of various products. | 12-20-2012 |
20120309939 | Production of Therapeutic Proteins in Photosynthetic Organisms - The present disclosure relates to methods of expressing therapeutic proteins in photosynthetic organisms and the therapeutic proteins produced by the methods. The therapeutic proteins include high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein, fibronectin domain (10) (10FN3), fibronectin domain (14) (14FN3), interferon beta (IFNβ), proinsulin and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The photosynthetic organisms include prokaryotes such as cyanobacteria and eukaryotes such as alga and plants. Transformation of eukaryotes is preferably the plastid genome, more preferably the chloroplast genome. | 12-06-2012 |
20120309014 | HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS - The present invention provides a method and compositions for high throughput screening of genetically modified photosynthetic organisms for plasmic state. The present invention provides methods of producing one or more proteins, including biomass degrading enzymes in a plant. Also provided are the methods of producing biomass degradation pathways in alga cells, particularly in the chloroplast. Single enzymes or multiple enzymes may be produced by the methods disclosed. The methods disclosed herein allow for the production of biofuel, including ethanol. | 12-06-2012 |
20120288918 | SALT TOLERANT ORGANISMS - Disclosed herein are transformed non-vascular photosynthetic organisms that are salt tolerant, nucleotides and vectors useful in conducting such transformations, and transformed strains produced by such transformations. | 11-15-2012 |
20120253056 | OLEAGINOUS COMPOUNDS FROM BIOMASS - Disclosed herein are methods and processes for the recovery of oleaginous compounds from biomass and in particular biomass comprises photosynthetic microorganisms. Also disclosure are oleaginous compounds obtained using the disclosed methods. | 10-04-2012 |
20120252054 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSFORMATION OF THE CHLOROPLAST GENOME OF SCENEDESMUS SP. AND DUNALIELLA SP. - The present disclosure relates to methods of transforming various species of algae, for example, algae from the genus | 10-04-2012 |
20120231546 | NOVEL ACETYL CoA CARBOXYLASES - Provided herein are novel ACCases and nucleotides encoding the same, that when introduced into a cell or organism results in an increase and/or accumulation of fatty acids, glycerol lipids, and/or oils in the cell or organism, and/or a change in the types of fatty acids, glycerol lipids, and/or oils that are normally present in the cell or organism. Also provided herein are organisms transformed with the novel ACCases. | 09-13-2012 |
20120220021 | HERBICIDE RESISTANT ORGANISMS - Disclosed herein are transformed non-vascular photosynthetic organisms that are herbicide resistant, nucleotides and vectors useful in conducting such transformations, and transformed strains produced by such transformations. | 08-30-2012 |
20120190872 | PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF OLEAGINOUS COMPOUNDS FROM BIOMASS - Disclosed herein are methods and processes for the recovery of oleaginous compounds from biomass and in particular biomass comprises photosynthetic microorganisms. Also disclosure are oleaginous compounds Obtained using the disclosed methods. | 07-26-2012 |
20120116138 | METHODS OF PREPARING OIL COMPOSITIONS FOR FUEL REFINING - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for upgrading (for example, removing heteroatoms, metals, or metalloids) an oil composition derived or extracted from a biomass. The upgraded oil composition can be used to make a desired product, for example, a fuel product. | 05-10-2012 |
20120107853 | Use of Genetically Modified Organisms to Generate Biomass Degrading Enzymes - The present invention provides a method and compositions for high throughput screening of genetically modified photosynthetic organisms for plasmic state. The present invention provides methods of producing one or more proteins, including biomass degrading enzymes in a plant. Also provided are the methods of producing biomass degradation pathways in alga cells, particularly in the chloroplast. Single enzymes or multiple enzymes may be produced by the methods disclosed. The methods disclosed herein allow for the production of biofuel, including ethanol. | 05-03-2012 |
20120094386 | ENGINEERING SALT TOLERANCE IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC MICROORGANISMS - Provided herein are compositions and methods for engineering salt tolerance and producing products by photosynthetic organisms. The photosynthetic organisms can be genetically modified to be salt tolerant as compared to an unmodified organism and to produce useful products. The methods and compositions of the disclosure are useful in many therapeutic and industrial applications. | 04-19-2012 |
20120058535 | BIOFUEL PRODUCTION IN PROKARYOTES AND EUKARYOTES - Terpene synthases are enzymes that directly convert IPP & DMAPP to terpenes, such as fusicoccadiene. Described herein are methods and compositions for the production of terpenes and terpenoids for use as fuel molecules or other useful components. Genetically engineered enzymes capable of producing terpenes and terpenoids are also described. | 03-08-2012 |
20120055081 | METHODS OF REFINING HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS - Processes of converting to feedstocks comprising hydrocarbons to compositions comprising light hydrocarbon products are described herein. Also described are processes and methods of producing and refining compositions comprising terpenes from biomass that can be suitable as a fuel product. | 03-08-2012 |
20120022278 | PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF OLEAGINOUS COMPOUNDS FROM BIOMASS - Disclosed herein are methods and processes for the recovery of oleaginous compounds from biomass and in particular biomass comprises photosynthetic microorganisms. Also disclosure are oleaginous compounds obtained using the disclosed methods. | 01-26-2012 |
20110151515 | PRODUCTION OF FC-FUSION POLYPEPTIDES IN EUKARYOTIC ALGAE - Methods and compositions are disclosed to engineer plastids comprising heterologous genes encoding immuno-activating domains fused to an extracellular domain (ECD) of a receptor or surface glycoprotein, a growth factor or an enzyme and produced within a subcellular organelle, such as a chloroplast. The immuno-activating domains may include those regions of a protein capable of modulating the interaction between immune effector cells via proteins containing stereoselective binding domains and specific ligands, such as the Fc regions of antibodies. The present disclosure also demonstrates the utility of plants, including green algae, for the production of complex multi-domain fusion proteins as soluble bioactive therapeutic agents. | 06-23-2011 |
20100297749 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION - The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for biofuel production. Systems of integrated biorefineries (IBR) and methods of using IBRs for producing fuel compositions and other products are provided herein. The IBRs can use algae for generating biofeedstock to produce the fuel compositions. | 11-25-2010 |
20100050301 | SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING AND MODIFYING LARGE PIECES OF GENOMIC DNA AND CONSTRUCTING VASCULAR PLANTS WITH SYNTHETIC CHLOROPLAST GENOMES - Vectors capable of stable replication in yeast and bacteria and comprising all essential genes of vascular plant plastids are provided as well as the use of such vectors to construct an recombinant plastid genome and host cells transformed with said vectors and recombinant plastid genomes. | 02-25-2010 |
20090269816 | System for capturing and modifying large pieces of genomic DNA and constructing organisms with synthetic chloroplasts - The functional analysis of genes frequently requires the manipulation of large genomic regions. A yeast-bacteria shuttle vector is described that can be used to clone large regions of DNA by homologous recombination. Also described is a method for isolating entire genomes, including chloroplast genomes, or large portions thereof, and manipulating the same. Also described are methods for determining minimal genomes, minimal pathway requirements, and minimal organelle genomes. | 10-29-2009 |
20090126260 | METHODS OF REFINING HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCKS - Processes of converting to feedstocks comprising hydrocarbons to compositions comprising light hydrocarbon products are described herein. Also described are processes and methods of producing and refining compositions comprising terpenes from biomass that can be suitable as a fuel product. | 05-21-2009 |
20090087890 | METHODS OF PRODUCING ORGANIC PRODUCTS WITH PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISMS AND PRODUCTS AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF - Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing products by photosynthetic organisms. The photosynthetic organisms can be genetically modified to effect production, expression, or both, of products. The methods and compositions are particularly useful in the petrochemical industry. | 04-02-2009 |