Patents by Inventor Emily Perttu

Emily Perttu 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).

  • Zwitterionic lipids
    Patent number: 8956646
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present invention provides zwitterionic lipids, encapsulants incorporating these zwitterionic lipids and such encapsulants encapsulating one or more bioactive agent. An exemplary bioactive agent is a nucleic acid. Also provided are pharmaceutical formulations of the encapsulants and methods of using such formulations to deliver a bioactive agent to a subject in treating or diagnosing disease in that subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Francis C. Szoka, Jr., Colin Walsh, Vincent Venditto, Juliane Nguyen, Emily Perttu
  • ZWITTERIONIC LIPIDS
    Publication number: 20130216607
    Abstract: In various embodiments, the present invention provides zwitterionic lipids, encapsulants incorporating these zwitterionic lipids and such encapsulants encapsulating one or more bioactive agent. An exemplary bioactive agent is a nucleic acid. Also provided are pharmaceutical formulations of the encapsulants and methods of using such formulations to deliver a bioactive agent to a subject in treating or diagnosing disease in that subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Francis C. Szoka, JR., Colin Walsh, Vincent Venditto, Juliane Nguyen, Emily Perttu