Patents by Inventor Anna Maria Kauppi

Anna Maria Kauppi 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).

  • Method and probe for identifying bacterial virulence modifying agents, agents thus identified, and their use
    Patent number: 7351861
    Abstract: A method for identifying antibacterial agents comprises depleting bacteria of a strain comprising a luxAB construct of Ca2+, incubating the Ca2+ depleted bacteria with an agent the antibacterial effect of which shall be determined, recording the light emitted by the bacteria upon addition of an aldehyde, the incubation being carried out at a temperature which is at least 10° C. higher than the temperature at which the light is emitted by the bacteria. Also disclosed are corresponding probes and antibacterial agents identified by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Innate Pharmaceuticals AB
    Inventors: Anna Maria Kauppi, Jan Mikael Christian Elofsson, Hans Olof Wolf-Watz, Olov Roland Nordfelth, Markus Kristoffer Dahlgren