Patents by Inventor Eric R. Altermann

Eric R. Altermann 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).

  • LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES ENCODING CARBOHYDRATE UTILIZATION-RELATED PROTEINS AND USES THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20120196325
    Abstract: Carbohydrate utilization-related and multidrug transporter nucleic acids and polypeptides, and fragments and variants thereof, are disclosed in the current invention. In addition, carbohydrate utilization-related and multidrug transporter fusion proteins, antigenic peptides, and anti-carbohydrate utilization-related and anti-multidrug transporter antibodies are encompassed. The invention also provides vectors containing a nucleic acid of the invention and cells into which the vector has been introduced. Methods for producing the polypeptides and methods of use for the polypeptides of the invention are further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Todd R. Klaenhammer, Eric R. Altermann, Rodolphe Barrangou, W. Michael Russell, Tri Duong
  • nucleic acid sequences encoding carbohydrate utilization-related proteins and uses therefor
    Patent number: 8178337
    Abstract: Carbohydrate utilization-related and multidrug transporter nucleic acids and polypeptides, and fragments and variants thereof, are disclosed in the current invention. In addition, carbohydrate utilization-related and multidrug transporter fusion proteins, antigenic peptides, and anti-carbohydrate utilization-related and anti-multidrug transporter antibodies are encompassed. The invention also provides vectors containing a nucleic acid of the invention and cells into which the vector has been introduced. Methods for producing the polypeptides and methods of use for the polypeptides of the invention are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Todd R. Klaenhammer, Eric R. Altermann, Rodolphe Barrangou, W. Michael Russell, Tri Duong
  • nucleic acid sequences encoding carbohydrate utilization-related proteins and uses therefor
    Patent number: 7838276
    Abstract: Carbohydrate utilization-related and multidrug transporter nucleic acids and polypeptides, and fragments and variants thereof, are disclosed in the current invention. In addition, carbohydrate utilization-related and multidrug transporter fusion proteins, antigenic peptides, and anti-carbohydrate utilization-related and anti-multidrug transporter antibodies are encompassed. The invention also provides vectors containing a nucleic acid of the invention and cells into which the vector has been introduced. Methods for producing the polypeptides and methods of use for the polypeptides of the invention are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Todd R. Klaenhammer, Eric R. Altermann, Rodolphe Barrangou, W. Michael Russell, Tri Duong