Patents by Inventor Bogi Andersen

Bogi Andersen 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).

  • Isolated DNA molecule encoding SPRM-1 protein
    Patent number: 5612220
    Abstract: Disclosed is a POU transcription factor, Sprm-1 and analogs thereof, DNA molecules encoding the Sprm-1 proteins, and chimeric constructs, vectors and host cells containing the DNA molecules. Also disclosed are methods to identify putative male contraceptive agents. One involves the steps of isolating a DNA regulatory region responsive to Sprm-1, stably transforming a heterologous cell line with a first chimeric DNA construct containing a constitutive promoter capable of functioning in the cell line operably linked to a Sprm-1 DNA and a second chimeric DNA construct containing the DNA regulatory region operably linked to a reporter gene. The thus-transformed cell line is cultural in media containing the compound so that the thus-cultured cell line can be assayed to determine the Sprm-1 inhibitory activity of the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: The Population Council, Center for Biomedical Research
    Inventors: Bogi Andersen, Richard V. Pearse, Peter N. Schlegel, Michael G. Rosenfeld, C. Wayne Bardin