Patents by Inventor Evelyn BENSON

Evelyn BENSON 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).

  • Detection of particle-contained reverse transcriptase activity
    Patent number: 10920288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and kits for detecting in a sample the presence of a virus particle or a virus-like particle that has reverse transcriptase activity and methods for preparing a retroviral contaminant-free substance. An aspect of the present invention is a method for detecting the presence of a virus particle in a sample of a Virus-like Particle (VLP) drug substance comprising a step of performing PCR-based reverse transcriptase (PBRT) on a sample of the VLP drug substance that has been treated with a protease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Takeda Vaccines, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel R. Haynes, Evelyn Benson
  • DETECTION OF PARTICLE-CONTAINED REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20180002767
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and kits for detecting in a sample the presence of a virus particle or a virus-like particle that has reverse transcriptase activity and methods for preparing a retroviral contaminant-free substance. An aspect of the present invention is a method for detecting the presence of a virus particle in a sample of a Virus-like Particle (VLP) drug substance comprising a step of performing PCR-based reverse transcriptase (PBRT) on a sample of the VLP drug substance that has been treated with a protease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Joel R. HAYNES, Evelyn BENSON