Patents by Inventor Hsuan-Ju Thou

Hsuan-Ju Thou 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).

  • Fungal immunomodulatory protein (FIP) prepared by microorganisms and uses thereof
    Patent number: 8163519
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved nucleic acid molecule encoding fungal immunomodulatory protein (FIP) that is better expressed in fungi, to vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecule, to hosts transformed with said vectors, to processes of expressing the protein of the invention in said transformed hosts, to the protein of the invention produced by said processes, to uses of said hosts comprising the protein of the invention and to a process of purifying FIP. The protein of the invention has wide immunomodulatory activity. Thus, the present invention further relates to uses of the protein of the invention in cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions and to food or feed additives comprising the protein of the invention. Finally, the invention relates to the method of modulating immunological activities by orally administering FIP or proteins fused with FIP to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Inventors: Jiunn-Liang Ko, Yu-Lu Huang, Tzu-Chih Chen, Hsu-Wei Hung, Ho-Lung Jiang, Ching-Lung Hu, Cheng-Chun Kuan, Hsuan-Ju Thou
  • Fungal immunomodulatory protein (fip) prepared by microorganisms and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20090042776
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved nucleic acid molecule encoding fungal immunomodulatory protein (FIP) that is better expressed in fungi, to vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecule, to hosts transformed with said vectors, to processes of expressing the protein of the invention in said transformed hosts, to the protein of the invention produced by said processes, to uses of said hosts comprising the protein of the invention and to a process of purifying FIP. The protein of the invention has wide immunomodulatory activity. Thus, the present invention further relates to uses of the protein of the invention in cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions and to food or feed additives comprising the protein of the invention. Finally, the invention relates to the method of modulating immunological activities by orally administering FIP or proteins fused with FIP to a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Jiunn-Liang Ko, Yu-Lu Huang, Tzu-Chih Chen, Hsu-Wei Hung, Ho-Lung Jiang, Ching-Lung Hu, Cheng-Chun Kuan, Hsuan-Ju Thou