Methods for producing cannabinoids and cannabinoid derivatives

US10975379B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Jay D. Keasling · Berkeley, US
• Leo D'Espaux · San Francisco, US
• Jeff Wong · Berkeley, US
• Xiaozhou Luo · Berkeley, US
• Michael Reiter · Berkeley, US
• Charles Denby · Berkeley, US
• Anna Lechner · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 14, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 13, 2021
• Expiry date: Feb 14, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Y604/01002
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present disclosure provides genetically modified host cells that produce a cannabinoid, a cannabinoid derivative, a cannabinoid precursor, or a cannabinoid precursor derivative. The present disclosure provides methods of synthesizing a cannabinoid, a cannabinoid derivative, a cannabinoid precursor, or a cannabinoid precursor derivative.