Patents by Inventor Dean W. Hum

Dean W. Hum 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).

  • Characterization and use of an isolated uridine diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase
    Patent number: 6287834
    Abstract: A uridine diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase (UGTB217) is provided. Methods of producing the enzyme and using the enzyme to identify potential compounds which inhibit or alter the activity of the enzyme are described. In addition, methods of using antibodies to localize the protein, or using the gene sequence or portions thereof for probes or using the gene sequence to produce expression-disrupting sense or antisense DNA fragments thereof, or antisense RNA, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Endorecherche, Inc.
    Inventors: Alain Belanger, Dean W. Hum, Martin Beaulieu, Eric Levesque