Patents by Inventor Kuang T. Hsu

Kuang T. Hsu 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).

  • Materials and methods for immunocontraception
    Patent number: 6027727
    Abstract: A method for specifically inducing transient infertility or permanent sterility in a host animal by selective vaccination with specific zona pellucida proteins or immunocontraceptively active fragments thereof. Novel zona pellucida DNA sequences encoding specific zona pellucida proteins are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Zonagen, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Harris, Kuang T. Hsu, Joseph S. Podolski
  • DNAs encoding mammalian ZPBs
    Patent number: 6001599
    Abstract: A method for specifically inducing transient infertility or permanent sterility in a host animal by selective vaccination with specific zona pellucida proteins or immunocontraceptively active fragments thereof. Novel zona pellucida DNA sequences encoding specific zona pellucida proteins are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Zonagen, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Harris, Kuang T. Hsu, Joseph S. Podolski
  • Materials and methods for immunocontraception
    Patent number: 5989550
    Abstract: A method for specifically inducing transient infertility or permanent sterility in a host animal by selective vaccination with specific zona pellucida proteins or immunocontraceptively active fragments thereof. Novel zona pellucida DNA sequences encoding specific zona pellucida proteins are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Zonagen, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Harris, Kuang T. Hsu, Joseph S. Podolski
  • Mammalian ZPAs
    Patent number: 5981228
    Abstract: A method for specifically inducing transient infertility or permanent sterility in a host animal by selective vaccination with specific zona pellucida proteins or immunocontraceptively active fragments thereof. Novel zona pellucida DNA sequences encoding specific zona pellucida proteins are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Zonagen, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Harris, Kuang T. Hsu, Joseph S. Podolski
  • ZPC polypeptides
    Patent number: 5976545
    Abstract: A method for specifically inducing transient infertility or permanent sterility in a host animal by selective vaccination with specific zona pellucida proteins or immunocontraceptively active fragments thereof. Novel zona pellucida DNA sequences encoding specific zona pellucida proteins are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Zonagen, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Harris, Kuang T. Hsu, Joseph S. Podolski