Patents by Inventor Amy Boggs

Amy Boggs 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).

  • SCREENING FOR MODULATORS OF BIOMOLECULES
    Publication number: 20010006794
    Abstract: Method for screening for a modulator of a biomolecule by comparing growth of a first microbe having an altered biomolecule with a second microbe having a normal biomolecule. The first and second microbes are grown in contact with a potential modulator in a growth medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 1998
    Publication date: July 5, 2001
    Inventors: AMY BOGGS, KEITH BOSTIAN, FRANCOIS MALOUIN, THOMAS PARR, MOLLY SCHMID
  • Inhibitors of regulatory pathways
    Patent number: 6020121
    Abstract: Methods are provided for screening for potential inhibitors of bacterial, or other microbial, global pathogenesis gene regulators and other gene regulators. Methods are also provided for treating microbial (e.g., bacterial) infections using such inhibitors. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions containing such inhibitors. The screening methods involve detecting whether the activity of a global pathogenesis gene regulator is altered in the presence of a test compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Microcide Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ying Bao, Amy Boggs, Pamela R. Contag, Nancy A. Federspiel, Alan Hebert, Scott Hecker, Francois Malouin
  • Potentiators of antibacterial agents
    Patent number: 5883074
    Abstract: Methods for screening for compounds which potentiate the activity of antibacterial agents against bacteria resistant to the antibacterial agent alone, pharmaceutical compositions including such potentiators, and methods of treating bacterial infections using a combination of a potentiator and a potentiated antibacterial agent, which are useful for overcoming the resistance of a bacterial strain for an antibacterial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Microcide Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Boggs, Joaquim Trias, Scott Hecker