Patents by Inventor Benjamin Ward Jester

Benjamin Ward Jester 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).

  • Publication number: 20170363648
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biosensor engineered to conditionally respond to the presence of specific small molecules, the biosensors including conditionally stable ligand-binding domains (LBDs) which respond to the presence of specific small molecules, wherein readout of binding is provided by reporter genes or transcription factors (TFs) fused to the LBDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: George M. Church, Justin Feng, Daniel J. Mandell, David Baker, Stanley Fields, Benjamin Ward Jester, Christine Elaine Tinberg
  • Patent number: 9766255
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biosensor engineered to conditionally respond to the presence of specific small molecules, the biosensors including conditionally stable ligand-binding domains (LBDs) which respond to the presence of specific small molecules, wherein readout of binding is provided by reporter genes or transcription factors (TFs) fused to the LBDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, University of Washington
    Inventors: George M. Church, Justin Feng, Daniel J. Mandell, David Baker, Stanley Fields, Benjamin Ward Jester, Christine Elaine Tinberg
  • Publication number: 20160202256
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biosensor engineered to conditionally respond to the presence of specific small molecules, the biosensors including conditionally stable ligand-binding domains (LBDs) which respond to the presence of specific small molecules, wherein readout of binding is provided by reporter genes or transcription factors (TFs) fused to the LBDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: George M. Church, Justin Feng, Daniel J. Mandell, David Baker, Stanley Fields, Benjamin Ward Jester, Christine Elaine Tinberg