Patents by Inventor Adam Otasek

Adam Otasek 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).

  • Inhibitor of cellular proliferation
    Patent number: 6448040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding hypusines mutants having the biological activity of an inhibitor of cellular proliferation. The present invention further relates to vectors comprising said nucleic acid molecules, to hosts transformed with said vectors, to methods of producing the polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid molecule of the invention as well as to the polypeptide itself. In addition, the present invention relates to pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions comprising one or more of the aforementioned compounds, the methods for synchronizing cell growth and to the use of the vector of the invention in gene therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Craig Young, Friedrich Lottspeich, Adam Otasek