Patents by Inventor Barbara J. Walker

Barbara J. Walker 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).

  • Cell-targeted lytic pore-forming agents
    Patent number: 5824776
    Abstract: A chimeric compound that contains a cell-specific ligand linked to a pore-forming agent capable of lysing a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
    Inventors: Hagen Bayley, Barbara J. Walker
  • Cell-targeted lytic pore-forming agents
    Patent number: 5817771
    Abstract: A chimeric compound that contains a cell-specific ligand linked to a pore-forming agent capable of lysing a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
    Inventors: Hagen Bayley, Barbara J. Walker
  • Triggered pore-forming agents
    Patent number: 5777078
    Abstract: An inactive pore-forming agent which is activated to lytic function by a condition such as pH, light, heat, reducing potential, or metal ion concentration, or substance such as a protease, at the surface of a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
    Inventors: Hagan Bayley, Barbara J. Walker, Chung-yu Chang, Brett Niblack, Rekha Panchal