Patents by Inventor Mitra Rahavard

Mitra Rahavard 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).

  • Spruce budworm antifreeze proteins, genes and method of using same
    Patent number: 6348569
    Abstract: A novel class of thermal hysteresis, antifreeze proteins (THPs) has been isolated and purified from Choristoneura sp., including the eastern spruce budworm C. fumiferana. The invention provides for nucleic acids which encode these antifreeze proteins. The invention also provides for antibodies reactive to these novel antifreeze proteins. The invention also includes a method for decreasing the freezing point of an aqueous solution by adding these novel antifreeze proteins to the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Queen's University at Kingston
    Inventors: Virginia K. Walker, Peter L. Davies, Mitra Rahavard, Michael G. Tyshenko
  • Spruce budworm antifreeze proteins, genes and methods of using same
    Patent number: 6008016
    Abstract: A novel class of thermal hysteresis, antifreeze proteins (THPs) has been isolated and purified from Choristoneura sp., including the eastern spruce budworm C. fumiferana. The invention provides for nucleic acids which encode these antifreeze proteins. The invention also provides for antibodies reactive to these novel antifreeze proteins. The invention also includes a method for decreasing the freezing point of an aqueous solution by adding these novel antifreeze proteins to the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Queen's University at Kingston
    Inventors: Virginia K. Walker, Peter L. Davies, Mitra Rahavard, Michael G. Tyshenko