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Donald E. Trimbur — 27 Patents

SOSolazyme: 11 patents #10 of 55Top 20%
EAE.I. Du Pont De Nemours And: 8 patents #1,546 of 12,129Top 15%
GIGenencor International: 7 patents #41 of 377Top 15%
GEGenomatica: 4 patents #30 of 119Top 30%
CBCorbion Biotech: 1 patents #35 of 61Top 60%
DUDanisco Us: 1 patents #277 of 467Top 60%
Palo Alto, CA: #883 of 9,675 inventorsTop 10%
California: #19,967 of 386,348 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #142,059 of 4,157,543Top 4%
27 Patents All Time
Donald E. Trimbur has been granted 27 US patents while listed as an inventor at Solazyme. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in December 2024. Donald E. Trimbur ranks #142,059 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.4%). Patent records list Donald E. Trimbur in Palo Alto, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 27 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12157904 Thioesterase variants having improved activity for the production of medium-chain fatty acid derivatives Angelica Zabala BAUTISTA, Min Sun PARK, Alma Itzel RAMOS-SOLIS, Bernardo Moura TORRES DA COSTA, Behnaz Behrouzian +3 more 2024-12-03
11339384 Thioesterase variants having improved activity for the production of medium-chain fatty acid derivatives Angelica Zabala BAUTISTA, Min Sun PARK, Alma Itzel RAMOS-SOLIS, Bernardo Moura TORRES DA COSTA, Behnaz Behrouzian +3 more 2022-05-24
11142756 Acetyl-CoA carboxylase variants Derek L. Greenfield, Andreas W. Schirmer, Cindy Chang, Behnaz Behrouzian, Jessica Winger 2021-10-12
10604750 Acetyl-CoA carboxylase variants Derek L. Greenfield, Andreas W. Schirmer, Cindy Chang, Behnaz Behrouzian, Jessica Winger 2020-03-31
10138435 Renewable diesel and jet fuel from microbial sources Chung-Soon Im, Harrison F. Dillon, Anthony G. Day, Scott Franklin, Anna Coragliotti 2018-11-27
9434909 Renewable diesel and jet fuel from microbial sources Chung-Soon Im, Harrison F. Dillon, Anthony G. Day, Scott Franklin, Anna Coragliotti 2016-09-06 $4,477,000
8889402 Chlorella species containing exogenous genes Chung-Soon Im, Harrison F. Dillon, Anthony G. Day, Scott Franklin, Anna Coragliotti 2014-11-18 $2,583,000
8889401 Production of oil in microorganisms Chung-Soon Im, Harrison F. Dillon, Anthony G. Day, Scott Franklin, Anna Coragliotti 2014-11-18 $2,583,000
8852890 Production of bacterial strains Marguerite A. Cervin, Philippe Soucaille, Fernando Valle 2014-10-07 $19,589,000
8802422 Renewable diesel and jet fuel from microbial sources Chung-Soon Im, Harrison F. Dillon, Anthony G. Day, Scott Franklin, Anna Coragliotti 2014-08-12 $9,850,000
8790914 Use of cellulosic materials for cultivation of microorganisms Chung-Soon Im, Harrison F. Dillon, Anthony G. Day, Scott Franklin, Anna Coragliotti 2014-07-29 $10,698,000
8697402 Glycerol feedstock utilization for oil-based fuel manufacturing Chung-Soon Im, Harrison F. Dillon, Anthony G. Day, Scott Franklin, Anna Coragliotti 2014-04-15 $5,996,000
8647397 Lipid pathway modification in oil-bearing microorganisms Chung-Soon Im, Harrison F. Dillon, Anthony G. Day, Scott Franklin, Anna Coragliotti 2014-02-11 $10,238,000
8518689 Production of oil in microorganisms Chung-Soon Im, Harrison F. Dillon, Anthony G. Day, Scott Franklin, Anna Coragliotti 2013-08-27 $8,251,000
8512999 Production of oil in microorganisms Chung-Soon Im, Harrison F. Dillon, Anthony G. Day, Scott Franklin, Anna Coragliotti 2013-08-20 $8,688,000
8497116 Heterotrophic microalgae expressing invertase Chung-Soon Im, Harrison F. Dillon, Anthony G. Day, Scott Franklin, Anna Coragliotti 2013-07-30 $7,849,000
8476059 Sucrose feedstock utilization for oil-based fuel manufacturing Chung-Soon Im, Harrison F. Dillon, Anthony G. Day, Scott Franklin, Anna Coragliotti 2013-07-02 $8,797,000
8192959 Promoter and plasmid system for genetic engineering Mark S. Payne, Stephen Picataggio, Amy Kuang-Hua Hsu, Ramesh Nair, Fernando Valle +1 more 2012-06-05 $17,588,000
8168608 Promoter and plasmid system for genetic engineering Mark S. Payne, Stephen Picataggio, Amy Kuang-Hsu, Ramesh Nair, Fernando Valle +1 more 2012-05-01 $12,225,000
7510869 Promoter and plasmid system for genetic engineering Mark S. Payne, Stephen Picataggio, Amy Kuang-Hsu, Ramesh Nair, Fernado Valle +1 more 2009-03-31 $28,268,000
7402415 Method for the production of glycerol by recombinant organisms Ramesh Nair, Mark S. Payne, Fernando Valle 2008-07-22 $11,684,000
7132527 Promoter and plasmid system for genetic engineering Mark S. Payne, Stephen Picataggio, Amy Kuang-Hsu, Ramesh Nair, Fernando Valle +1 more 2006-11-07 $24,700,000
7005291 Transformed microorganisms and genes useful in the production of glycerol and 1,3-propanediol Ramesh Nair, Mark S. Payne, Fernando Valle 2006-02-28 $21,957,000
6953684 Method for the recombinant production of 1,3-propanediol Nigel Dunn-Coleman, Maria Diaz-Torres, Matthew W. Chase 2005-10-11
6432686 Method for the production of 1,3-propanediol by recombinant organisms comprising genes for vitamin B12 transport Ben A. Bulthuis, Gregory M. Whited, Anthony A. Gatenby 2002-08-13