Akbar Farzin Javan

US Patent:

20170152529, Jun 1, 2017

Filed:

Jun 24, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/192290

Inventors:

- Blacksburg VA, US
Genevieve M. Vidanes - San Francisco CA, US
Guillaume Cottarel - Mountain View CA, US
Sheela Muley - Fremont CA, US
Roy Kamimura - Daly City CA, US
Akbar F. Javan - Chapel Hill NC, US
Jianping Sun - Belmont CA, US
Eli S. Groban - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

INTREXON CORPORATION - Blacksburg VA

International Classification:

C12P 7/16
C12N 15/52
C12N 9/88
C12N 9/04
C12N 9/10

Abstract:

Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.

US Patent:

20160160243, Jun 9, 2016

Filed:

Jan 7, 2016

Appl. No.:

14/989859

Inventors:

- Blacksburg VA, US
Genevieve M. Vidanes - San Francisco CA, US
Guillaume Cottarel - Mountain View CA, US
Sheela Muley - Fremont CA, US
Roy Kamimura - Daly City CA, US
Akbar F. Javan - Chapel Hill NC, US
Jianping Sun - Belmont CA, US
Eli S. Groban - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Intrexon Corporation - Blacksburg VA

International Classification:

C12P 7/16
C12N 9/04
C12N 9/88
C12N 9/10

Abstract:

Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.

US Patent:

20160076229, Mar 17, 2016

Filed:

Sep 16, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/487298

Inventors:

Andre Javan - Chapel Hill NC, US
Akbar Javan - Chapel Hill NC, US

Assignee:

Pluviae LLC - Chapel Hill NC

International Classification:

E03B 3/02
E04H 12/30
E04H 12/02
E04H 12/34
E02D 27/52
E04H 12/20

Abstract:

A high-altitude, modular, robust rainwater harvesting construction is deigned, which is made of strong, lightweight building-block composite materials, for relatively rapid assembly and disassembly. Multiple modular rainwater harvesting constructions can be configured to build a modular, scalable, mobile rainwater collection system for harvesting rainwater at high altitudes and at massive scales. The captured potential energy of harvested rainwater at high altitudes provides the energy required for redistribution of rainwater from regions with high precipitation rate to regions with low precipitation rate. The rainwater harvesting system can be used for onshore and offshore rainwater harvesting, using different proposed configuration to connect the rainwater harvesting modules to the ground or to the sea floor.

US Patent:

20140273128, Sep 18, 2014

Filed:

Mar 12, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/206835

Inventors:

- Blacksburg VA, US
Genevieve M. VIDANES - San Francisco CA, US
Guillaume COTTAREL - Mountain View CA, US
Sheela MULEY - Fremont CA, US
Roy KAMIMURA - Daly City CA, US
Akbar F. JAVAN - Chapel Hill NC, US
Jianping SUN - Belmont CA, US
Eli S. GROBAN - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

Intrexon Corporation - Blacksburg VA

International Classification:

C12P 7/16
C12N 15/74

US Classification:

435160, 435157, 4352523

Abstract:

Multi-carbon compounds such as ethanol, n-butanol, sec-butanol, isobutanol, tert-butanol, fatty (or aliphatic long chain) alcohols, fatty acid methyl esters, 2,3-butanediol and the like, are important industrial commodity chemicals with a variety of applications. The present invention provides metabolically engineered host microorganisms which metabolize methane (CH) as their sole carbon source to produce multi-carbon compounds for use in fuels (e.g., bio-fuel, bio-diesel) and bio-based chemicals. Furthermore, use of the metabolically engineered host microorganisms of the invention (which utilize methane as the sole carbon source) mitigate current industry practices and methods of producing multi-carbon compounds from petroleum or petroleum-derived feedstocks, and ameliorate much of the ongoing depletion of arable food source “farmland” currently being diverted to grow bio-fuel feedstocks, and as such, improve the environmental footprint of future bio-fuel, bio-diesel and bio-based chemical compositions.