Patents by Inventor Ann Thompson

Ann Thompson 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).

  • Gene encoding carboxypeptidase of Aspergillus niger
    Patent number: 5705376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gene encoding an ascomycete or deuteromycete carboxypeptidase Y gene, and host cells modified so as to produce reduced amounts of carboxypeptidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Debbie Sue Yaver, Sheryl Ann Thompson
  • Gene encoding carboxypeptidase of Aspergillus niger
    Patent number: 5693510
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gene encoding an ascomycete or deuteromycete carboxypeptidase Y gene, and host cells modified so as to produce reduced amounts of carboxypeptidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Debbie Sue Yaver, Sheryl Ann Thompson
  • Gene encoding carboxypeptidase of Aspergillus niger
    Patent number: 5688663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gene encoding an ascomycete or deuteromycete carboxypeptidase Y gene, and host cells modified so as to produce reduced amounts of carboxypeptidase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: Novo Nordisk Biotech, Inc.
    Inventors: Debbie Sue Yaver, Sheryl Ann Thompson
  • Multi-service switch for a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 5526344
    Abstract: A multi-service switch for a telecommunications network (10) is provided. A system bus (13) has an ingress portion (14) and an egress portion (16). The system bus (13) is operable to carry data in a plurality of time slots. A system bus control (11) comprises a head-of-bus control (12) having an output. The output of the head-of-bus control is coupled to the ingress portion (14) of the system bus (13). The system bus control (11) also comprises a tail-of-bus control (15) coupled to the head-of-bus control (12). The tail-of-bus control (15) has an input coupled to the egress portion (16) of the system bus (13). A plurality of interface modules (28.sub.1 through 28.sub.n) each have an input and an output. The input of each interface module (28.sub.1 through 28.sub.n) is coupled to the egress portion (16) of the system bus (13), and the output of each interface module is coupled to the ingress portion (14) of the system bus (13). An ingress/egress bridge (18) has an input and an output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: DSC Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Felix V. Diaz, Raymond L. Hogg, Daniel J. Raz, Kathy Ann Thompson, Gregory L. Langdon, W. Keith Brewer