Patents by Inventor Yoon Namkung

Yoon Namkung 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).

  • Publication number: 20200157184
    Abstract: Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) biosensors for assessing the intracellular localization, internalization and trafficking into cellular compartments of proteins such as receptors, and other biomolecules such as second messengers, are disclosed. These biosensors, which are dependent on the concentration/density of the BRET donor and acceptor in cellular compartments rather that specific protein-protein interactions, use a Renilla GFP/Luc BRET pair, which allows the robust and reproducible monitoring of protein trafficking/localization, with a sensitivity compatible with high-throughput screening (HTS). The use of these biosensors for various applications, including assessing/monitoring protein endocytosis, recycling and intracellular trafficking, receptor maturation/rescue by pharmacological chaperones, various endocytosis/exocytosis processes, activation/inhibition, as well as biomolecule concentration/density in different cellular compartments, is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Stéphane Alain Laporte, Yoon Namkung, Michel Bouvier, Christian Le Gouill, Mireille Hogue, Viktoriya Lukasheva, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Denis Deblois, Étienne Durette
  • Patent number: 10584159
    Abstract: Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) biosensors for assessing the intracellular localization, internalization and trafficking into cellular compartments of proteins such as receptors, and other biomolecules such as second messengers, are disclosed. These biosensors, which are dependent on the concentration/density of the BRET donor and acceptor in cellular compartments rather that specific protein-protein interactions, use a Renilla GFP/Luc BRET pair, which allows the robust and reproducible monitoring of protein trafficking/localization, with a sensitivity compatible with high-throughput screening (HTS). The use of these biosensors for various applications, including assessing/monitoring protein endocytosis, recycling and intracellular trafficking, receptor maturation/rescue by pharmacological chaperones, various endocytosis/exocytosis processes, activation/inhibition, as well as biomolecule concentration/density in different cellular compartments, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University, Université de Montréal
    Inventors: Stéphane Alain Laporte, Yoon Namkung, Michel Bouvier, Christian Le Gouill, Mireille Hogue, Viktoriya Lukasheva, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Denis Deblois, Étienne Durette
  • Publication number: 20180211607
    Abstract: An outdoor television includes a light monitoring sensor that is configured to measure an ambient light intensity, the light monitoring sensor is in operable communication with a microprocessor, a display is in operable communication with the microprocessor, and a video source is in operable communication with the microprocessor. In response to the measured ambient light intensity, the microprocessor adjusts at least one picture setting of the display, the at least one setting picture setting including one of a contrast, a sharpness, a display brightness, a tint, or a color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan J. Kabacinski, Robert J. Elsing, Yoon Namkung
  • Publication number: 20170313762
    Abstract: Bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) biosensors for assessing the intracellular localization, internalization and trafficking into cellular compartments of proteins such as receptors, and other biomolecules such as second messengers, are disclosed. These biosensors, which are dependent on the concentration/density of the BRET donor and acceptor in cellular compartments rather that specific protein-protein interactions, use a Renilla GFP/Luc BRET pair, which allows the robust and reproducible monitoring of protein trafficking/localization, with a sensitivity compatible with high-throughput screening (HTS). The use of these biosensors for various applications, including assessing/monitoring protein endocytosis, recycling and intra-cellular trafficking, receptor maturation/rescue by pharmacological chaperones, various endocytosis/exocytosis processes, activation/inhibition, as well as biomolecule concentration/density in different cellular compartments, is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Stéphane Alain Laporte, Yoon Namkung, Michel Bouvier, Christian Le Gouill, Mirelle Hogue, Viktoriya Lukasheva, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Denis Deblois, Étienne Durette