Patents by Inventor Olen M. Stephens

Olen M. Stephens 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).

  • ?-peptides
    Patent number: 8008262
    Abstract: ?-peptide regions of polypeptides can serve as structural mimics of ?-helices in wild type proteins. Because ?-helices of one protein often bind to a target protein in a biological pathway, a polypeptide that contains a helical ?-peptide region can be used to disrupt this type of protein-protein binding. As a result, polypeptides that contain a helical ?-peptide region can be used to treat conditions involving this type of protein-protein binding, such as viral infections and cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Alanna Schepartz Shrader, Scott A. Hart, Joshua A. Kritzer, Olen M. Stephens