Patents by Inventor Lee B. Bussey

Lee B. Bussey 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).

  • Patent number: 8680261
    Abstract: Methods are provided for producing highly purified compositions of nucleic acids by using a highly streamlined and readily automated process. The methods use static mixers for lysing cells and precipitating debris, following by centrifugation and ion exchange chromatography. The process may include a purification step using tangential flow ultrafiltration. A scaleable process for producing pharmaceutical grade plasmid DNA, useful for gene therapy, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Bridenbaugh, Warren Dang, Lee B. Bussey
  • Patent number: 8158348
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for pharmaceutical grade manufacture extrachromosomal nucleic acids from cell lysates using flotation to separate and eliminate undesired insoluble cellular debris including chromosomal DNA from the lysates. A gas is introduced to controllably generate bubbles that reduce the density of the cell debris and create a buoyant flocculent phase that can be readily separated from, and thus provide, a substantially clarified fluid lysate phase that is enriched in extrachromosomal DNA but substantially depleted of cellular proteins and chromosomal DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Inventors: Kwok-Leung (Jacky) Au-Yeung, Lee B. Bussey
  • Patent number: 8044215
    Abstract: The disclosure provides new methods for preparing nitrogen-containing amphiphiles and their use in the preparation of liposomes and other lipid-containing carriers of pharmaceutical substances, including nucleic acids used in gene therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Juvaris BioTherapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Sein Yu, Lee B. Bussey
  • Publication number: 20110070638
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for pharmaceutical grade manufacture extrachromosomal nucleic acids from cell lysates using flotation to separate and eliminate undesired insoluble cellular debris including chromosomal DNA from the lysates. A gas is introduced to controllably generate bubbles that reduce the density of the cell debris and create a buoyant flocculent phase that can be readily separated from, and thus provide, a substantially clarified fluid lysate phase that is enriched in extrachromosomal DNA but substantially depleted of cellular proteins and chromosomal DNA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Kwok-Leung (Jacky) Au-Yeung, Lee B. Bussey
  • Publication number: 20100280258
    Abstract: The disclosure provides new methods for preparing nitrogen-containing amphiphiles and their use in the preparation of liposomes and other lipid-containing carriers of pharmaceutical substances, including nucleic acids used in gene therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Juvaris BioTherapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Sein Yu, Lee B. Bussey
  • Patent number: 7807822
    Abstract: Methods are provided for producing highly purified compositions of nucleic acids by using a highly streamlined and readily automated process. The methods use static mixers for lysing cells and precipitating debris, followed by centrifugation and ion exchange chromatography. The process may include a purification step using tangential flow ultrafiltration. A scaleable process for producing pharmaceutical grade plasmid DNA, useful for gene therapy, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Bridenbaugh, Warren Dang, Lee B. Bussey
  • Publication number: 20100248336
    Abstract: Methods are provided for producing highly purified compositions of nucleic acids by using a highly streamlined and readily automated process. The methods use static mixers for lysing cells and precipitating debris, following by centrifugation and ion exchange chromatography. The process may include a purification step using tangential flow ultrafiltration. A scaleable process for producing pharmaceutical grade plasmid DNA, useful for gene therapy, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Bridenbaugh, Warren Dang, Lee B. Bussey
  • Patent number: 7771945
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for pharmaceutical grade manufacture extrachromosomal nucleic acids from cell lysates using flotation to separate and eliminate undesired insoluble cellular debris including chromosomal DNA from the lysates. A gas is introduced to controllably generate bubbles that reduce the density of the cell debris and create a buoyant flocculent phase that can be readily separated from, and thus provide, a substantially clarified fluid lysate phase that is enriched in extrachromosomal DNA but substantially depleted of cellular proteins and chromosomal DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Inventors: Kwok-Leung (Jacky) Au-Yeung, Lee B Bussey
  • Patent number: 7314746
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for pharmaceutical grade manufacture extrachromosomal nucleic acids from cell lysates using flotation to separate and eliminate undesired insoluble cellular debris including chromosomal DNA from the lysates. A gas is introduced to controllably generate bubbles that reduce the density of the cell debris and create a buoyant flocculent phase that can be readily separated from, and thus provide, a substantially clarified fluid lysate phase that is enriched in extrachromosomal DNA but substantially depleted of cellular proteins and chromosomal DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Valentis, Inc.
    Inventors: Kwok-Leung (Jacky) Au-Yeung, Lee B. Bussey
  • Publication number: 20030064951
    Abstract: Methods are provided for producing highly purified compositions of nucleic acids by using tangential flow ultrafiltration. A scaleable process for producing pharmaceutical grade plasmid DNA, useful for gene therapy, is provided, which is efficient and avoids the use of toxic organic chemicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Applicant: Valentis, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee B. Bussey, Robert Adamson, Alan Atchley
  • Publication number: 20020198372
    Abstract: Methods are provided for producing highly purified compositions of nucleic acids by using a highly streamlined and readily automated process. The methods use static mixers for lysing cells and precipitating debris, followed by centrifugation and ion exchange chromatography. The process may include a purification step using tangential flow ultrafiltration. A scaleable process for producing pharmaceutical grade plasmid DNA, useful for gene therapy, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: ROBERT BRIDENBAUGH, WARREN DANG, LEE B. BUSSEY
  • Patent number: 6011148
    Abstract: Methods are provided for producing highly purified compositions of nucleic acids by using tangential flow ultrafiltration. A scaleable process for producing pharmaceutical grade plasmid DNA, useful for gene therapy, is provided, which is efficient and avoids the use of toxic organic chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Megabios Corporation
    Inventors: Lee B. Bussey, Robert Adamson, Alan Atchley