Patents by Inventor Fernando J. Rebelo Do Couto

Fernando J. Rebelo Do Couto 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).

  • Patent number: 6653075
    Abstract: A method for identifying a mutation-sensitive active region of a test protein, by providing a test nucleic acid construct comprising a regulatable promoter polynucleotide and a fusion polynucleotide comprising a test polynucleotide encoding the test protein fused to a reporter gene, wherein said fusion polynucleotide is operably associated with the promoter polynucleotide, wherein expression of the fusion polynucleotide in a selected host cell results in a specific phenotype and the presence of the reporter; mutagenizing the test nucleic acid construct to provide a mutagenized construct; transforming a selected host cell with the mutagenized construct to provide a transformed host cell; selecting a transformed host cell that exhibits the reporter, but which does not exhibit the specific phenotype; and sequencing a portion of the mutagenized construct from the selected transformed host cell to determine the alteration of the polynucleotide(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Iconix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Tugendreich, Fernando J. Rebelo Do Couto
  • Publication number: 20020009710
    Abstract: A method for identifying a mutation-sensitive active region of a test protein, by providing a test nucleic acid construct comprising a regulatable promoter polynucleotide and a fusion polynucleotide comprising a test polynucleotide encoding the test protein fused to a reporter gene, wherein said fusion polynucleotide is operably associated with the promoter polynucleotide, wherein expression of the fusion polynucleotide in a selected host cell results in a specific phenotype and the presence of the reporter; mutagenizing the test nucleic acid construct to provide a mutagenized construct; transforming a selected host cell with the mutagenized construct to provide a transformed host cell; selecting a transformed host cell that exhibits the reporter, but which does not exhibit the specific phenotype; and sequencing a portion of the mutagenized construct from the selected transformed host cell to determine the alteration of the polynucleotide(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Stuart Tugendreich, Fernando J. Rebelo Do Couto
  • Patent number: 5468423
    Abstract: The invention provides an aqueous, hard surface cleaner with significantly improved residue removal and substantially reduced filming/streaking, said cleaner comprising:(a) an effective amount of a solvent selected from C.sub.1-6 alkanol, C.sub.3-24 alkylene glycol ether, and mixtures thereof;(b) an effective amount of at least one nonionic surfactant;(c) an effective amount of a buffering system which comprises a nitrogenous buffer selected from the group consisting of:ammonium or alkaline earth carbamates, guanidine derivatives, alkoxylalkylamines and alkyleneamines; and(d) the remainder as substantially all water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Aram Garabedian, Jr., Scott C. Mills, William P. Sibert, Clement K. Choy, Fernando J. Rebelo do Couto