Patents by Inventor R. Bruce Moffett

R. Bruce Moffett 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).

  • Thermostable DNA polymerases
    Patent number: 5885813
    Abstract: An enzymatically active DNA polymerase having between 540 and 582 amino acids having a tyrosine at a position equivalent to position 667 of Taq DNA polymerase, wherein said polymerase lacks 5' to 3' exonuclease activity, and wherein said polymerase has at least 95% homology in its amino acid sequence to the DNA polymerase of Thermus aquaticus, Thermus flavus or Thermus thermophilus, and wherein said polymerase forms a single polypeptide band on an SDS PAGE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Amersham Life Science, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Davis, R. Bruce Moffett, Carl W. Fuller, John J. Cunniff