Patents Examined by David Gozo
  • Method of in vitro differentiation of transplantable neural precursor cells from primate embryonic stem cells
    Patent number: 6887706
    Abstract: A method of differentiating embryonic stem cells into neural precursor cells is disclosed. In one embodiment the method comprises the steps of (a) obtaining an embryonic stem cell culture, (b) propagating the stem cells, (c) forming embryoid bodies from the stem cells, and (d) culturing the embryoid bodies in a medium containing an effective amount of fibroblast growth factor 2, wherein neural precursor cells will be generated and isolated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Su-Chun Zhang, James A. Thomson, Ian David Duncan
  • Streptomyces strain with potential anti-microbial activity against phytopathogenic fungi
    Patent number: 6558940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new strain of Streptomyces sp., called CIMAP A1 isolated from the soil of geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) planted in the experimental fields of CIMAP and having the accession No. ATCC PTA-4131 and capable of inhibiting the growth of phytopathogenic fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Mansoor Alam, Abdul Sattar, Sushil Kumar, Abdul Samad, Om Prakash Dhawan, Suman Preet Singh Khanuja, Ajit Kumar Shasany, Seema Singh, Poovappallivadakethil Viswanathan Nair Ajaya Kumar, Abdul Khaliq, Mohammad Zaim, Saba Shahabuddin, Mala Trivedi
  • Deprotection of RNA
    Patent number: 6162909
    Abstract: Method for one-pot deprotection of RNA molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent Bellon, Christopher T. Workman