Patents by Inventor Graham Byng

Graham Byng 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).

  • Methods for the production of ansamitocins
    Publication number: 20050170475
    Abstract: A process of the large-scale fermentation of a highly productive ansamitocin-producing strains. A method for isolating crude ansamitocins. A method for purifying ansamitocins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Cynthia Kuo, Graham Byng, Wayne Widdison
  • Mutant actinosynnema pretiosum strain with increased maytansinoid production
    Publication number: 20050003513
    Abstract: A microorganism that is a mutant bacterial strain of the species Actinosynnema pretiosum, designated PF4-4, (ATCC PTA-3921), being capable of producing maytansinoid ansamitocins such as ansamitocin P-3 in improved yield compared to previous known strains, and capable of growth under varied culture conditions, and methods of producing maytansinoid ansamitocins by culturing PF4-4 in a suitable growth medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Johnson Chung, Graham Byng
  • Oligonucleotide probes for detection of .alpha.-amylase genes
    Patent number: 4917999
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for detecting a gene encoding .alpha.amylase from a nucleic acid sample suspected of containing said gene. Said methods utilize oligonucleotide probes of consensus sequences deduced from highly conserved DNA sequences of various Bacillus species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Miles Inc.
    Inventors: Graham Byng, Karen L. Wollweber