Patents by Inventor Alan Beem

Alan Beem 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).

  • Methods and Compositions to Modulate RNA Processing
    Publication number: 20170044529
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions to selectively modulate RNA processing. The methods and compositions selectively enhance or repress RNA processing by up- or down-regulating Drosha expression and/or by providing RNA sequences with mismatches introduced or removed 5 and/or 9-12 nucleotide positions from the Drosha cutting site. Therapeutic uses of the methods and compositions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Hannele Ruohola-Baker, Pratyusha Banik, Alan Beem, Sandra Shannon, Henrik Sperber
  • Methods and compositions to modulate RNA processing
    Patent number: 9416369
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions to selectively modulate RNA processing. The methods and compositions selectively enhance or repress RNA processing by up- or down-regulating Drosha expression and/or by providing RNA sequences with mis-matches introduced or removed 5 and/or 9-12 nucleotide positions from the Drosha cutting site. Therapeutic uses of the methods and compositions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THROUGH ITS CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION
    Inventors: Hannele Ruohola-Baker, Pratyusha Banik, Alan Beem, Sandra Shannon, Henrik Sperber
  • Methods and Compositions to Modulate RNA Processing
    Publication number: 20150337332
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and compositions to selectively modulate RNA processing. The methods and compositions selectively enhance or repress RNA processing by up- or down-regulating Drosha expression and/or by providing RNA sequences with mis-matches introduced or removed 5 and/or 9-12 nucleotide positions from the Drosha cutting site. Therapeutic uses of the methods and compositions are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hannele Ruohoa-Baker, Pratyusha Banik, Alan Beem, Sandra Shannon, Henrik Sperber