Patents by Inventor Bertrand Howyen Lui

Bertrand Howyen Lui 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).

  • Mutant epidermal growth factor polypeptides with improved biological activity and methods of their making and use
    Patent number: 8865864
    Abstract: Compositions that are EGF polypeptides that possess improved biological activity as compared to the biological activity exhibited by wild-type EGF are provided. Also provided are methods for the preparation of these mutants, methods for the use of these mutants, methods for rationally designing new polypeptide mutants, and methods for screening mutants polypeptides to identify novel EGF mutants with desirable biological activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Cochran, Bertrand Howyen Lui, Jennifer Lynn Lahti, James R. Swartz, Bob Chen, Cheuk Lun Leung
  • Mutant Epidermal Growth Factor Polypeptides with Improved Biological Activity and Methods of Their Making and Use
    Publication number: 20130053314
    Abstract: Compositions that are EGF polypeptides that possess improved biological activity as compared to the biological activity exhibited by wild-type EGF are provided. Also provided are methods for the preparation of these mutants, methods for the use of these mutants, methods for rationally designing new polypeptide mutants, and methods for screening mutants polypeptides to identify novel EGF mutants with desirable biological activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Jennifer R. Cochran, Bertrand Howyen Lui, Jennifer Lynn Lahti, James R. Swartz, Bob Chen, Cheuk Lun Leung