Patents by Inventor Anthony Berdis

Anthony Berdis 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).

  • Treatment of bacterial induced diseases using DNA methyl transferase inhibitors
    Publication number: 20050227933
    Abstract: Methods for treating and/or preventing disease conditions caused or induced or aggravated by microbes, especially bacteria, by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase activity, such as by administering to an animal a DNA methyltransferase inhibitor, are disclosed, along with methods of reducing or ablating virulence in bacteria by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Stephen Benkovic, Lucy Shapiro, Rachel Wright, Craig Stephens, Lyn Kahng, Anthony Berdis, Irene Lee
  • DNA adenine methyltransferases and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6413751
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the isolation and sequencing of a novel class of methyltransferase genes, including the methyltransferase gene from Rhizobium meliloti, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Brucella abortus, and Helicobacter pylori. The invention further comprises efficient methods of assaying methyltransferase activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University, The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Stephen J. Benkovic, Anthony Berdis, Irene Lee, Lucy Shapiro, Rachel Wright, Craig Stephens, Lyn Sue Kahng