Patents by Inventor Carlos Contreras-Martel

Carlos Contreras-Martel 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).

  • Phosphate-binding protein, pharmaceutical compositions containing same and use thereof
    Patent number: 7718773
    Abstract: A protein includes or is formed by: (i) SEQ ID NO: 1; (ii) any sequence that is derived from sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, for example, by the substitution, removal or addition of one or more amino acids, on the condition that the derivative sequence binds to the phosphate; (iii) any sequence that is homologous to sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, preferably having a homology of at least approximately 80% with sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, on the condition that the homologous sequence binds to the phosphate; or (iv) any fragment of one of the aforementioned sequences on the condition that the fragment binds to the phosphate, such as any fragment comprising at least approximately 20 contiguous amino acids in sequence SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignees: Centre National de le Recherche Scientifique, Universite Henri Poincare Nancy I
    Inventors: Eric Chabriere, Carlos Contreras-Martel, Juan Fontecilla-Camps
  • Novel phosphate-binding protein, pharmaceutical compositions containing same and use thereof
    Publication number: 20070196879
    Abstract: A protein includes or is formed by: (i) SEQ ID NO: 1; (ii) any sequence that is derived from sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, for example, by the substitution, removal or addition of one or more amino acids, on the condition that the derivative sequence binds to the phosphate; (iii) any sequence that is homologous to sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, preferably having a homology of at least approximately 80% with sequence SEQ ID NO: 1, on the condition that the homologous sequence binds to the phosphate; or (iv) any fragment of one of the aforementioned sequences on the condition that the fragment binds to the phosphate, such as any fragment comprising at least approximately 20 contiguous amino acids in sequence SEQ ID NO: 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Chabriere, Carlos Contreras-Martel, Juan Fontecilla-Camps