Patents by Inventor Gerard Leblon

Gerard Leblon 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).

  • System for protein expression and secretion especially in corynebacteria
    Patent number: 6027920
    Abstract: A DNA cassette for expression and secretion of a given amino acid, polypeptide or protein in a host strain of corynebacterium, including a sequence which encodes the amino acid, polypeptide or protein, and a region of chromosomal or plasmid DNA, wherein the sequence is situated in the region of chromosomal or plasmid DNA such that the sequence is transcribed with, at the sequence's 5' end, at least one portion of a sequence encoding the signal sequence of the protein PS1 or PS2, the at least one portion ensuring the secretion of the amino acid, polypeptide or protein after translation when the DNA cassette is incorporated into the host strain of corynebacterium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Orsan
    Inventors: Gwennael Joliff, Armel Guyonvarch, Purification Relano, Gerard Leblon, Francis Duchiron, Michel Renaud