Patents by Inventor Bertil Hille

Bertil Hille 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).

  • MSP nanopores and related methods
    Patent number: 8673550
    Abstract: Provided herein are Mycobacterium smegmatis porin nanopores, systems that comprise these nanopores, and methods of using and making these nanopores. Such nanopores may be wild-type MspA porins, mutant MspA porins, wild-type MspA paralog porins, wild-type MspA homolog porins, mutant MspA paralog porins, mutant MspA homolog porins, or single-chain Msp porins. Also provided are bacterial strains capable of inducible Msp porin expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: University of Washington, The UAB Research Foundation
    Inventors: Jens H. Gundlach, Michael Niederweis, Thomas Z. Butler, Mikhail Pavlenok, Mark A. Troll, Suja Sukumaran, Bertil Hille