Patents Assigned to NTNU Technology Transfer AS
  • Patent number: 8987215
    Abstract: A composition useful in gene therapy and a method of treatment to effect gene therapy is provided. In particular, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a nonimmunogenic net polyanionic oligosaccharide, such as an oligouronate, associated with a particulate complex of an anionic nucleic acid material and a cationic macromolecule, optionally together with at least one pharmaceutical carrier or excipient, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: NTNU Technology Transfer AS
    Inventors: Catherine Taylor, Kurt Ingar Draget
  • Patent number: 8754063
    Abstract: A method of treatment of a human or non-human subject to combat mucosal hyperviscosity in the respiratory tract, which method includes application to a mucosal surface in the tract in the subject of an effective amount of a physiologically tolerable oligouronate. Related compositions containing physiologically tolerable oligouronates are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: NTNU Technology Transfers AS
    Inventors: Catherine Taylor, Kurt Ingar Draget, Olav Asmund Smidsrod
  • Patent number: 8673878
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of treatment of a female human or non-human subject to enhance cervical mucus penetrability by spermatozoa, which method comprises vaginally applying to said subject an effective amount of a spermicide-free, physiologically tolerable oligouronate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: NTNU Technology Transfer AS
    Inventors: Catherine Taylor, Kurt Ingar Draget, Olav Asmund Smidsrod
  • Patent number: 8529890
    Abstract: Provided are improvements in and relating to pharmaceutical compositions for oral administration of polymeric biological drug substances and to methods of treatment using such compositions. In particular, an oral and/or mucosal pharmaceutical composition is provided, said composition comprising an enteric-coated drug substance, and also comprising an enteric-coated oligouronate, wherein said drug substance is a polymeric biological drug substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: NTNU Technology Transfer AS
    Inventors: Kurt Ingar Draget, Catherine Taylor
  • Patent number: 7993433
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new method for removing and recovering of acid gases from a gaseous mixture in an absorption plant by adding an organic acid to a stream of the rich absorbent in the desorber in order to release acid gas by shifting the acid gas equilibrium towards the gas side, and the organic acid is subsequently separated from the absorbent. With this method, the energy consumption of the process is substantially reduced. The invention also relates to an apparatus for performing this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: NTNU Technology Transfer AS
    Inventors: Hallvard F. Svendsen, Finn Andrew Tobiesen, Thor Mejdell, Karl Anders Hoff, Olav Juliussen
  • Patent number: 7947114
    Abstract: A process for the production of a carbon membrane comprising: (i) reacting a mixture of cellulose and hemicellulose with an acid; (ii) casting the mixture to form a film, (iii) drying said film; and (iv) carbonizing said film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: NTNU Technology Transfer AS
    Inventors: May-Britt Hagg, Jon Arvid Lie
  • Publication number: 20080108772
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for producing a reinforced organic polymeric material by mixing a dispersion comprising a plasticizer and cellulose nanowhiskers into a carbon matrix. The nanowhiskers are dispersed in a liquid dispersion and pumped into an extruder in which is arranged the at least partially molten carbon matrix. The extrusion process will thoroughly mix the cellulose whiskers into the carbon matrix, thus providing a homogenous mixture being highly reinforced. The present invention further discloses a polymer produced according to the above process comprising a CAB/CNW mixture, as well as a process for producing said whiskers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: NTNU Technology Transfer AS
    Inventors: Kristiina Oksman, Daniel Bondeson, Peder Syre
  • Publication number: 20060102088
    Abstract: A marine structure like a fish cage (0) for aquaculture, with a net (90) spanned by a tensegrity structure, i.e. a structure comprising compressive elements (1), and tension elements (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: NTNU Technology Transfer AS
    Inventors: Anders Wroldsen, Anne Marthine Rustad, Tristan Perez, Asgeir Sorensen, Pal Lader, Vegar Johansen, Arne Fredheim