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Table 5 Overview of selected patent families associated with (bulk) chemicals production

From: Recent advances in the intellectual property landscape of filamentous fungi

Patent number (one of the family)

Countries

Assignee (application date, publication date)

Title

AU2008223787B2

WO, MY, AR

Adcuram Nutrition Holding GmbH (2008, 2013)

Process for the preparation of citric acid employing filamentous fungi in a culture medium comprising glycerol

US20150232892A1

US

Battelle Memorial Institute Inc. (2015, 2015)

Enhanced citric acid production in Aspergillus with inactivated asparagine-linked glycosylation protein 3 (alg3), and/or increased laea expression

US9637763

AU, CH, DE, EP, GB, IE, JP, KR, MX, NL, NZ, RU, US, ZA, BR, CA, CN, IN

Rho Renewables Inc. (2012, 2017)

Recombinant production systems for aromatic molecules

EP2754716

CH, CN, DE, EP, FR, GB, IT, JP, US, IN

Shonan Technology Center Inc. (2012, 2015)

Method for producing useful metabolite from filamentous fungus

CN107987183

CN

Zhejiang University of Technology (2017, 2018)

Method for chitosan oligosaccharide extraction from filamentous fungi

WO2018051837A1

CN, JP, US, VN

KAO (2017, 2018)

Mutant filamentous fungus and method for producing C4-dicarboxylic acid using same

US2013288321

DK, MX, WO, US

Novozymes Inc. (2013, 2013 abandoned)

Methods for improved C4-dicarboxylic acid production in filamentous fungi

EP2473600B1

DK, MX, WO,

Novozymes Inc. (2010, 2016)

Methods for improving malic acid production in filamentous fungi

WO2019020870A

US, WO, EP

VTT—Technical Research Centre of Finland (2018, 2019)

Improved production of oxalyl-CoA, glyoxylate and/or glycolic acid

US9783809B2

FI, EP, US, WO, DK

VTT—Technical Research Centre of Finland (2012, 2017)

Eukaryotic cell and method for producing glycolic acid

WO2016193540A1

WO

VTT—Technical Research Centre of Finland (2016, 2016)

Direct conversion of sugars to glycolic acid

WO2017110970A1

CN, JP, WO, US

KAO (2016, 2017)

Method for producing organic acid

US20150104543A1

WO

DSM IP Assets BV (2014, 2015)

Organic acid production by fungal cells

EP2183367B1

EP, WP, US

Dutch DNA Biotech BV (2008, 2019)

Production of itaconic acid

WO2014142647A1

WO

Wageningen University (2013, 2014)

Fungal strains with improved citric acid and itaconic acid production

WO2017074533A1

WO

Battelle Memorial Institute (2016, 2017)

Enhanced itaconic acid production in Aspergillus with increased laea expression

WO2018037123A1

WO, EP, CN, US

Lesaffre Et Compagnie (2017, 2018)

Improved production of itaconic acid

US10443077B2

CN, EP, WO, US

DSM IP Assets BV (2016, 2019)

Fermentation process for producing itaconic acid under nitrogen free conditions

CN105274153A

CN

Jiangnan University (2015, 2016)

Method for increasing yield of itaconic acid produced by fermentation of Aspergillus terreus

US20190360004A1

DK, US, CA, WO, CN, BR, EP, ES

DSM IP Assets BV (2019, 2019)

Integrated process for coproducing alcohol and organic acid from lignocellulosic material