Patents by Inventor Ian C. Mortimer

Ian C. Mortimer 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).

  • Combination therapy using nucleic acids and conventional drugs
    Patent number: 6841537
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for increasing the efficiency of transformation of cycling cells, the methods comprising synchronizing cells at a first stage of the cell cycle, and transforming the cells at a second stage of the cell cycle within about one cell cycle of the first stage with a genetically engineered nucleic acid that encodes a desired gene product. The invention further relates to cancer therapy and, in particular, to methods of efficiently transforming cancer cells with nucleic acids that encode gene products that inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Protiva Biotherapeutics Inc.
    Inventors: Phalgun B. Joshi, Ian C. Mortimer, Patrick M. S. Tam, Ian MacLachlan, Roger W. Graham