Patents by Inventor B. Robert Franza, Jr.

B. Robert Franza, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Stable isotope metabolic labeling for analysis of biopolymers
    Patent number: 7588887
    Abstract: Methods for the determination of the rate of synthesis of biopolymer synthesis and degradation in cells, tissues, or cell-free systems using monomer which has been labeled with a stable isotope are provided. Further, the present invention provides methods for the determination or identification of an unknown biopolymer and for the identification of an unknown cell type, a physiological state of a cell or tissue. Also, the present invention provides a database of descriptors which can be used to define an organism, tissue type, cell type, and the like, and which database can be used in conjunction with other public and private databases to identify or characterize an organism, tissue type, cell type, state of differentiation, or physiologic state of an organism, or tissue or cell sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Washington
    Inventors: B. Robert Franza, Jr., Yvan P. Rochon
  • Stable isotope metabolic labeling for analysis of biopolymers
    Patent number: 6653076
    Abstract: Methods for the determination of the rate of synthesis of biopolymer synthesis and degradation in cells, tissues, or cell-free systems using monomer which as been labeled with a stable isotope are provided. Further, the present invention provides method for the determination or identification of an unknown biopolymer and for the identification of an unknown cell type, a physiological state of a cell or tissue. Also, the present invention provides a database of descriptors which can be used to define an organism, tissue type, cell type, and the like, and which database can be used in conjunction with other public and private databases to identify or characterize an organism, tissue type, cell type, state of differentiation, or physiologic state of an organism, or tissue or cell sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Washington
    Inventors: B. Robert Franza, Jr., Yvan P. Rochon