Patents by Inventor Dona L. York

Dona L. York 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).

  • System for in vitro transposition
    Patent number: 5948622
    Abstract: A system for in vitro transposition includes a donor DNA that includes a transposable element flanked by a pair of bacterial transposon Tn5 outside end repeat sequences, a target DNA into which the transposable element can transpose, and a modified Tn5 transposase having higher binding avidity to the outside end repeat sequences and being less likely to assume an inactive multimer form than wild type Tn5 transposase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: William S. Reznikoff, Igor Yu Goryshin, Dona L. York, Hong Zhou