Patents by Inventor Ian Peter Lamb

Ian Peter Lamb 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).

  • DNA regulatory elements responsive to cytokines and methods for their use
    Patent number: 5707803
    Abstract: The present invention provides oligonucleotide sequences comprising DNA regulatory elements comprising point mutations of Ly6E GAS element that bind activated transcriptional regulatory proteins in response to signaling molecules, such as cytokines. Further, the present invention also provides DNA constructs comprising the oligonucleotide sequences, cells transfected with the DNA constructs, and methods of using the DNA constructs and transfected cells to provide for the controlled expression of structural genes, for the detection and recovery of transcriptional regulatory proteins, and for measuring the ability of compounds to act as agonist and antagonists of gene transcription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Peter Lamb, H. Martin Seidel