Patents by Inventor Walter G. Yeomans

Walter G. Yeomans 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).

  • Production of chitosan-and chitin-like exopolymers
    Patent number: 6534294
    Abstract: A method of producing biosynthetic copolymers comprising glucose and glucose analogs is provided. Glucose:glucose analog copolymers such as glucose:glucosamine, glucose:N-acetylglucosamine and glucose:glucosamine:N-acetylglucosamine are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignees: Trustees of Tufts College, University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Inventors: Jin Woo Lee, Walter G. Yeomans, Alfred L. Allen, Fang Deng, Richard A. Gross, David L. Kaplan