Patents by Inventor Glenn K. Fu

Glenn K. Fu 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).

  • Construction of uni-directionally cloned cDNA libraries from messenger RNA for improved 3? end DNA sequencing
    Patent number: 6387624
    Abstract: Methods are provide for preparing cDNA corresponding to a mRNA. In the subject methods, a mRNA is first contacted with a mixture of primers under first strand cDNA synthesis conditions. The primer mixture contains primers that have at least 10 contiguous deoxythymidines, a double stranded restriction enzyme recognition sequence near one end and a non-polyA-complementary region near the other end, where the non-polyA-complementary region is -VV, -VTV, -VTTV, -VTTTV, and -VVVVV. The resultant cDNA is modified such that the polyT tail is substantially removed. The modified cDNA is then ligated into a vector. The subject methods find use in a variety of applications, and find particular use in the sequencing of DNA and in the synthesis of cDNA libraries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn K. Fu, Steven Starnes, Laura L. Stuve
  • Method for isolating and characterizing nucleic acid sequences
    Patent number: 6312913
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for determining nucleic acid sequences based on known sequences adjacent to the unknown sequences, and reagents for using such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Incyte Genomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan T. Wang, Glenn K. Fu, Walter H. Lee, Laura L. Stuve