Patents by Inventor Elizabeth A. Preisinger

Elizabeth A. Preisinger 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).

  • Nucleic acids encoding a polyglutamine fusion protein
    Patent number: 7179897
    Abstract: Methods of identifying compounds that disrupt aggregation of aggregation-disposed polypeptides, such as huntingtin or beta-amyloid protein, are disclosed. Furthermore, an artificial polypeptide that contains an extended polyglutamine region and DNA that encodes the polypeptide are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David E. Housman, Elizabeth A. Preisinger, Aleksey G. Kazantsev
  • Methods of screening for agents that inhibit aggregation of polypeptides
    Publication number: 20030027288
    Abstract: Methods of identifying compounds that disrupt aggregation of aggregation-disposed polypeptides, such as huntingtin or beta-amyloid protein, are disclosed. Furthermore, an artificial polypeptide that contains an extended polyglutamine region and DNA that encodes the polypeptide are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Massachusetts corporation
    Inventors: David E. Housman, Elizabeth A. Preisinger, Aleksey G. Kazantsev
  • Methods of screening for agents that inhibit aggregation of polypeptides
    Patent number: 6420122
    Abstract: Methods of identifying compounds that disrupt aggregation of aggregation-disposed polypeptides, such as huntingtin or beta-amyloid protein, are disclosed. Furthermore, an artificial polypeptide that contains an extended polyglutamine region and DNA that encodes the polypeptide are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David E. Housman, Elizabeth A. Preisinger, Aleksey G. Kazantsev