Patents by Inventor Anthony K. Charnley

Anthony K. Charnley 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).

  • Preparations of protease enzymes derived from entomopathogenic fungi
    Patent number: 4987077
    Abstract: The invention provides an enzyme preparation comprising at least one protease derived from an entomopathogenic fungus of one of the following genera:Metarhizium, Beauvaria, Verticillium, and Aschersonia, and characterized by the following properties:(a) substantially not activity against hide protein azure, locust cuticel and elastin;(b) specificity for Bz-Phe-Val-ARg-NA;(c) not inhibited by soybean trypsin inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: Agricultural Genetics Company Limited
    Inventors: Anthony K. Charnley, Richard M. Cooper, Raymond J. St. Leger