Patents by Inventor Stuart C. Causey

Stuart C. Causey 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).

  • Enterobacteriaceae fermentation strains
    Patent number: 6916646
    Abstract: Methods are provided for preparing improved fermentation strains of the family Enterobacteriaceae which comprise the steps of eliminating the cryptic plasmid from the progenitor strain thereby creating the improved strain. Methods for reducing the mobilization properties of resident plasmids in an Enterobacteriaceae strain containing a cryptic plasmid are also provided. The present invention provides the nucleic acid sequence of pS, a cryptic plasmid found in Pantoea which can be used to identify the cryptic plasmid in strains of Enterobacteriaceae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Genencor International, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Fowler, Stuart C. Causey
  • Construction of synthetic DNA and its use in large polypeptide synthesis
    Patent number: 5243038
    Abstract: Methods are provided for the production of large polypeptides containing repeating sequences of amino acids utilizing biochemical techniques, specifically DNA sequences coding for the expression of the large polypeptides. Systems utilizing exogenous transcriptional and translational regions to control the production of the large polypeptides are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Protein Polymer Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Franco A. Ferrari, Charles Richardson, James Chambers, Stuart C. Causey, Thomas J. Pollock, Joseph Capello, John W. Crissman