Patents by Inventor Carl Turcotte

Carl Turcotte 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).

  • Methods of Producing Silk Polypeptides and Products Thereof
    Publication number: 20070260039
    Abstract: The invention provides a silk polypeptide comprising a plurality of repetitive units and a non-repetitive hydrophilic amino acid domain, polynucleotides and vectors encoding silk polypeptides, methods of expressing the silk polypeptide in host cells and transgenic animals, and methods of forming a biofilament comprised of silkpolypeptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Costas Karatzas, Carl Turcotte
  • Methods and apparatus for spinning spider silk protein
    Patent number: 7057023
    Abstract: The invention features methods and apparatuses for spinning silk protein fibers (biofilaments) from recombinant biofilament proteins. The methods are particularly useful for spinning fibers of spider silk or silkworm silk proteins from recombinant mammalian cells and may be used to spin such fibers for use in the manufacture of industrial and commercial products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Nexia Biotechnologies Inc.
    Inventors: Shafiul Islam, Costas Karatzas, Andrew Rodenhiser, Ali Alwattari, Yue Huang, Carl Turcotte
  • Methods and apparatus for spinning spider silk protein
    Publication number: 20050054830
    Abstract: The invention features methods and apparatuses for spinning silk protein fibers (biofilaments) from recombinant biofilament proteins. The methods are particularly useful for spinning fibers of spider silk or silkworm silk proteins from recombinant mammalian cells and may be used to spin such fibers for use in the manufacture of industrial and commercial products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Shafiul Islam, Costas Karatzas, Andrew Rodenhiser, Ali Alwattari, Yue Huang, Carl Turcotte
  • Methods and apparatus for spinning spider silk protein
    Publication number: 20040102614
    Abstract: The invention features methods and apparatuses for spinning silk protein fibers (biofilaments) from recombinant biofilament proteins. The methods are particularly useful for spinning fibers of spider silk or silkworm silk proteins from recombinant mammalian cells and may be used to spin such fibers for use in the manufacture of industrial and commercial products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Shafiul Islam, Costas Karatzas, Andrew Rodenhiser, Ali Alwattari, Yue Huang, Carl Turcotte