Patents Examined by Rebeeca Prouty
  • Cloning and expression of acetyl xylan esterases from fungal origin
    Patent number: 5426043
    Abstract: Methods and DNA constructs are provided for the expression of a fungal acetyl xylan esterase gene in microbial hosts. A purified fungal acetyl xylan esterase is obtained which is suited for the use as an accessory enzyme in the degradation of acetylated xylans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: Gist-Brocades, N.V.
    Inventors: Leendert H. De Graaff, Jacob Visser, Henriette C. Van Den Broeck, Francois Strozyk, Felix J. M. Kormelink, Johannes C. P. Boonman
  • Assembled viral particles and their use in a vaccine to rotaviral disease
    Patent number: 5298244
    Abstract: Assembled viral particles derived from rotavirus proteins are disclosed. The assembled particles include the inner capsid protein, VP6, in combination with either or both of the outer capsid proteins, VP4 and VP7. These assemblies can be used in vaccine compositions for the treatment and prevention of rotaviral disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: University of Saskatchewan
    Inventors: Mark J. Redmond, Mohammed K. Ijaz, Michael D. Parker