| SAPPHIRE ENERGY, INC. Patent applications |
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| 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 |
