Patents by Inventor Heather Attra

Heather Attra 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).

  • Publication number: 20040014645
    Abstract: Plasmid DNA delivered by injection/electroporation to the skeletal muscle can be expressed, and physiologic levels of transgene could be achieved into the circulation. Nevertheless, stabilization of naked DNA may be required and necessary in some cases, as prolonged storage at different temperatures before usage, injection into a large number of animals, etc. It is imperative that the associated compound should not be toxic to the cells (e.g. muscle cells) or cause breakage of plasmid DNA. It would be preferable for the coated DNA to have a similar or increased uptake into the target cells. Low molecular weight poly-L-glutamate compounds have all the desired properties. It was determined that mole/mole ratio DNA/PLG is the optimum concentration for gene therapeutic applications to the skeletal muscle, resulting in increased expression of the transgene, with no damage to the target tissue. Furthermore, stabilization of plasmid DNA by PLG has never been observed or described in the literature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: ADVISYS, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, Robert H. Carpenter, Douglas R. Kern, Leigh Anne Hill, Heather Attra, Henry Hebel