US 12,486,470 B2
Processes for producing industrial products from plant lipids
Thomas Vanhercke, Kaleen (AU); James Robertson Petrie, Goulburn (AU); Anna El Tahchy, Kaleen (AU); Surinder Singh, Downer (AU); Kyle Reynolds, Macgregor (AU); Qing Liu, Giralang (AU); and Benjamin Aldo Leita, Nelson Bay (AU)
Assigned to NUSEED GLOBAL INNOVATION LTD., Manchester (GB)
Filed by NUSEED GLOBAL INNOVATION LTD., Manchester (GB)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/506,436.
Application 18/506,436 is a continuation of application No. 17/828,322, filed on May 31, 2022, granted, now 11,814,600.
Application 17/828,322 is a continuation of application No. 16/677,325, filed on Nov. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,365,369, issued on Jun. 21, 2022.
Application 16/677,325 is a continuation of application No. 14/793,663, filed on Jul. 7, 2015, granted, now 10,472,587, issued on Nov. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2014902617 (AU), filed on Jul. 7, 2014; application No. 2015900084 (AU), filed on Jan. 13, 2015; and application No. 2015900284 (AU), filed on Jan. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0263100 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C11B 1/10 (2006.01); C10B 53/02 (2006.01); C10G 3/00 (2006.01); C10L 1/02 (2006.01); C10L 1/08 (2006.01); C11B 3/00 (2006.01); C11B 3/02 (2006.01); C11B 7/00 (2006.01); C11C 3/00 (2006.01); C11C 3/04 (2006.01); C11C 3/10 (2006.01); C11C 3/12 (2006.01); C12N 15/52 (2006.01)
CPC C11B 1/10 (2013.01) [C10B 53/02 (2013.01); C10G 3/40 (2013.01); C10L 1/026 (2013.01); C10L 1/08 (2013.01); C11B 3/00 (2013.01); C11B 3/02 (2013.01); C11B 7/00 (2013.01); C11C 3/00 (2013.01); C11C 3/04 (2013.01); C11C 3/10 (2013.01); C11C 3/12 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0476 (2013.01); C10L 2270/026 (2013.01); C10L 2290/06 (2013.01); C10L 2290/26 (2013.01); C10L 2290/544 (2013.01); Y02E 50/10 (2013.01); Y02P 30/20 (2015.11)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for producing an industrial product, the process comprising
i) converting at least some of the lipid in plant leaf pieces to the industrial product by applying heat, chemical, or enzymatic means, or any combination thereof, to the lipid in situ in the plant leaf pieces, wherein the plant leaf pieces express an exogenous Wrinkled 1 (WRI1) polypeptide and an exogenous diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT), and have reduced triacylglycerol (TAG) lipase activity or express an exogenous Leafy Cotyledon 2 (LEC2) polypeptide or both reduced TAG lipase activity and express an exogenous LEC2 polypeptide, the leaf pieces having a total non-polar lipid content of between 5% and 30% by weight on a dry weight basis, and an increased total non-polar lipid content relative to a corresponding leaf piece which expresses the exogenous WRI1 polypeptide and the DGAT polypeptide but which does not have reduced TAG lipase activity and does not express the LEC2 polypeptide, and
ii) recovering the industrial product,
thereby producing the industrial product.