Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Pillsury Winthrop LLP
  • Fiber optic cable connector clip
    Patent number: 6592266
    Abstract: A number of fiber optic connectors are held by a connector clip that positions the fiber optic connectors so that the connectors can only be inserted into a corresponding number of receiving connectors in one way. In addition, the connector clip can only be assembled in one way to prevent the connectors from being improperly positioned within the connector clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hankins, Michael Arnstein
  • Bacterial plasmids
    Patent number: 6391631
    Abstract: E. coli plasmids pMUT 1 and pMUT 2 containing DNA sequences exhibiting significant homologies to reduplicaton starting positions of other enterobacterial plasmids are disclosed. Also disclosed are expression vectors containing plasmicis pMUT1 and pMUT 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Pharma-Zentral
    Inventors: Jörg Hacker, Ulrich Sonnen-Born, Jürgen Schulze, Gabrielle Blum-Oehler, Jürgen Malinka, Hans Proppert