Patents by Inventor Claude V. Maina

Claude V. Maina 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).

  • Compositions and methods for generating short double-stranded RNA using mutated RNAse III
    Patent number: 7695964
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for preparing an hsiRNA mixture and for silencing of gene expression in vivo. The composition relates to a mutant RnaseIII. The methods are directed to reacting a preparation of dsRNA with an effective amount of a mutant RNAse III to produce the hsiRNA mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: New England Biolabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude V. Maina, George Tzertzinis, Sanjay Kumar