Patents by Inventor Jacques Brotchi

Jacques Brotchi 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).

  • Antibiotic inducible/repressible genetic construct for gene therapy or gene immunization
    Patent number: 6780639
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an antibiotic inducible/repressible genetic construct for controlling the transcription of a gene of interes: by a cell. The genetic construct comprises a bi-directional antibiotic controlled activator-responsive promoter/operator sequence which is located between the gene of interest and a cistron encoding a reverse antibiotic controlled transactivator and controls the transcription of the gene of interest and of the cistron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Universite Libre de Bruxelles
    Inventors: Abdelwahed Chtarto, Liliane Tenenbaum, Marc Levivier, Marc Peschanski, Jacques Brotchi, Thierry Velu