Patents by Inventor Carrie Grace Causing

Carrie Grace Causing 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).

  • Neuron promoter and uses
    Patent number: 6309876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA expression vector comprising a T&agr;l &agr;-tubulin promoter operatively linked upstream to a marker gene sequence relative to the direction of transcription in a eukaryotic expression vector adapted to be introduced into a mammal, or ancestor of the mammal at an embryonic stage and the promoter is controlling transcription of the marker gene. The present invention also relates to a method for testing material suspected of promoting neurogenesis and neuronal growth which comprises exposing a transgenic mammal according to the present invention to the material and detecting the expressed marker gene as an indication of neurogenesis and neuronal growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: McGill University
    Inventors: Freda Diane Miller, Andrew Gloster, Carrie Grace Causing, Jean George Toma
  • Tubulin promoter regulates gene expression in neurons
    Patent number: 6000772
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA expression vector comprising a T.alpha.l .alpha.-tubulin promoter operatively linked upstream to a marker gene sequence relative to the direction of transcription in a eukaryotic expression vector adapted to be introduced into a mammal, or ancestor of the mammal at an embryonic stage and said promoter is controlling transcription of the marker gene. The present invention also relates to a method for testing material suspected of promoting neurogenesis and neuronal growth which comprises exposing a transgenic mammal according to the present invention said material and detecting said expressed marker gene as an indication of neurogenesis and neuronal growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: McGill University
    Inventors: Freda Diane Miller, Andrew Gloster, Carrie Grace Causing, Jean George Toma
  • T.alpha.1 .alpha.-tubulin promoter and expression vectors
    Patent number: 5661032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a DNA expression vector comprising a T.alpha.1 .alpha.-tubulin promoter operatively linked upstream to a marker gene sequence relative to the direction of transcription in a eukaryotic expression vector adapted to be introduced into a mammal, or ancestor of the mammal at an embryonic stage and said promoter is controlling transcription of the marker gene. The present invention also relates to a method for testing material suspected of promoting neurogenesis and neuronal growth which comprises exposing a transgenic mammal according to the present invention said material and detecting said expressed marker gene as an indication of neurogenesis and neuronal growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: McGill University
    Inventors: Freda Diane Miller, Andrew Gloster, Carrie Grace Causing, Jean George Toma