TIANJIN UNIVERSITY

Patent application number	Title	Published
TIANJIN UNIVERSITY Patent applications
20110250664	YEAST HAVING IMPROVED ETHANOL YIELD - The present invention provides for a genetically-altered haploid yeast cell characterized by reduced activity or expression of FPS1, reduced activity or expression of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase-1 (GPD1), reduced activity or expression of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase-2 (GPD2), and increased expression of glutamate synthase (GLT1), wherein the reduced activity or expression, and the increased expression, is relative to expression or activity in a wildtype yeast strain, e.g.,	10-13-2011
20090162167	Wire staple for attaching metal sheets - A staple for attaching together first and second metal sheets is made of a length of round wire bent at the ends to form spaced apart depending metal legs, each having a metal piercing point at the end thereof adapted to pierce completely through the first sheet and at least partially through the second sheet and also adapted to spread the legs further apart during the piercing to a spread position in which the legs are anchored within the metal sheets and thereby attach the metal sheets together. The metal piercing points each having an outside bevel surface on the outside of the leg, an inside bevel surface on the inside of the leg, and a blunt end surface between the inside and outside bevel surfaces.	06-25-2009