Patents by Inventor Nan-Hui Ho

Nan-Hui Ho 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).

  • Base protecting groups and synthons for oligonucleotide synthesis
    Patent number: 6531589
    Abstract: The invention provides new methods for synthesizing oligonucleotides that allow for deprotection of the oligonucleotides under more mild conditions than existing methods. The invention further provides a nucleoside base protecting group that is stable under oligonucleotide synthesis conditions, but which can be removed under more mild conditions than existing protecting groups, as well as nucleoside synthons having such base protecting groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Hybridon, Inc.
    Inventors: Radhakrishnan P. Iyer, Theresa Devlin, Ivan Habus, Dong Yu, Sudhir Agrawal, Nan-Hui Ho