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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2010
Applicants:

Walter Callen, San Diego, CA (US);

Toby Richardson, San Diego, CA (US);

Gerhard Frey, San Diego, CA (US);

Carl Miller, San Diego, CA (US);

Martin Kazaoka, San Diego, CA (US);

Eric Mathur, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Jay Short, Del Mar, CA (US);

Inventors:

Walter Callen, San Diego, CA (US);

Toby Richardson, San Diego, CA (US);

Gerhard Frey, San Diego, CA (US);

Carl Miller, San Diego, CA (US);

Martin Kazaoka, San Diego, CA (US);

Eric Mathur, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Jay Short, Del Mar, CA (US);

Assignee:

Verenium Corporation, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/32 (2006.01); C12N 9/48 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In one aspect, the invention is directed to polypeptides having an amylase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods for making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. In one aspect, the polypeptides of the invention can be used as amylases, for example, alpha amylases, to catalyze the hydrolysis of starch into sugars.


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