Patents by Inventor Cassie Chou

Cassie Chou 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).

  • Cytomegalovirus gene function and methods for developing antivirals, anti-CMV vaccines, and CMV-based vectors
    Patent number: 7407744
    Abstract: A global functional analysis of HCMV genes is performed by constructing virus gene-deletion mutants and examining their growth phenotypes in different natural HCMV host cells. This systematic analysis of the HCMV genome identified 45 viral ORFs essential for viral replication and characterizes of 115 growth-dispensable viral genes. Of particular interest is the finding that HCMV encodes genes (temperance factors) that repress its own replication on a cell type-specific basis. In addition to HCMV, pathogen temperance may be a strategy employed by other infectious agents to enhance their long-term survivability within their respective host population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Fenyong Liu, Walter Dunn, Cassie Chou
  • Cytomegalovirus gene function and methods for developing antivirals, anti-CMV vaccines, and CMV-based vectors
    Publication number: 20050064394
    Abstract: A global functional analysis of HCMV genes is performed by constructing virus gene-deletion mutants and examining their growth phenotypes in different natural HCMV host cells. This systematic analysis of the HCMV genome identified 45 viral ORFs essential for viral replication and characterizes of 115 growth-dispensable viral genes. Of particular interest is the finding that HCMV encodes genes (temperance factors) that repress its own replication on a cell type-specific basis. In addition to HCMV, pathogen temperance may be a strategy employed by other infectious agents to enhance their long-term survivability within their respective host population.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Fenyong Liu, Walter Dunn, Cassie Chou