Patents by Inventor Sylvie Dutka-Malen

Sylvie Dutka-Malen 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).

  • Nucleic acids encoding a protein conferring an inducible resistance to glycopeptide, particularly in gram-positive bacteria
    Patent number: 6569622
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protein VanB involved, in Gram-positive bacteria, in resistance to glycopeptides, particularly to vancomycine, said resistance being of the type inducible by the vancomycine and non-inducible by teicoplanine. The invention also relates to the utilisation of fragments of nucleotides of the gene van B for the detection of resistances to glycopeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Institut Pasteur
    Inventors: Michel Arthur, Sylvie Dutka-Malen, Stefan Evers, Patrice Courvalin
  • Nucleic acids conferring and inducible resistance to glycopeptides particularly in gram-positive bacteria
    Patent number: 6087106
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protein VanB involved, in Gram-positive bacteria, in resistance to glycopeptides, particularly to vancomycine, said resistance being of the type inducible by the vancomycine and non-inducible by teicoplanine. The invention also relates to the utilisation of fragments of nucleotides of the gene van B for the detection of resistances to glycopeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Institut Pasteur
    Inventors: Michel Arthur, Sylvie Dutka-Malen, Stefan Evers, Patrice Courvalin
  • Protein conferring an inducible resistance to glycopeptides, particularly in gram-positive bacteria
    Patent number: 5770361
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protein VanB involved, in Gram-positive bacteria, in resistance to glycopeptides, particularly to vancomycine, said resistance being of the type inducible by the vancomycine and non-inducible by teicoplanine. The invention also relates to the utilisation of fragments of nucleotides of the gene van B for the detection of resistances to glycopeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Institut Pasteur
    Inventors: Michel Arthur, Sylvie Dutka-Malen, Stefan Evers, Patrice Courvalin