Patents by Inventor Deanna S. Cross

Deanna S. Cross 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).

  • GDEP enhancer element and use thereof to confer retinal specific gene expression
    Patent number: 8084229
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to isolated nucleic acids containing functional polynucleotide sequences representing an enhancer element for the Gene Differentially Expressed in Prostate (GDEP). Such molecules are useful in conferring retinal specific transcriptional responsiveness on associated promoters and methods for directing retinal specific gene expression are accordingly disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Marshfield Clinic
    Inventors: Deanna S. Cross, James K. Burmester
  • GDEP Enhancer Element and Use Thereof to Confer Retinal Specific Gene Expression
    Publication number: 20090170161
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to isolated nucleic acids containing functional polynucleotide sequences representing an enhancer element for the Gene Differentially Expressed in Prostate (GDEP). Such molecules are useful in conferring retinal specific transcriptional responsiveness on associated promoters and methods for directing retinal specific gene expression are accordingly disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Deanna S. Cross, James K. Burmester