Patents by Inventor Jacquiline Van Marwijk

Jacquiline Van Marwijk 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).

  • Isolation of a protein responsible for uranium (VI) reduction
    Patent number: 8790915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the isolation and characterization of a protein responsible for the reduction of uranium (VI) to uranium (IV). The present invention extends to the use of the isolated protein in the reduction of uranium (VI) to uranium (IV) and further extends to a process for the bioremediation, or at least partial remediation, of a site contaminated with a source of U (VI). According to a first aspect thereof, the present invention provides an isolated polypeptide derived from Thermus scotoductus strain SA-01 that is responsible for the reduction of uranium (VI), in a source of uranium (VI), to uranium (IV), wherein the polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: University of the Free State
    Inventors: Errol Duncan Cason, Esta Van Heerden, Lizelle Ann Piater, Abitha Gyanendra Jugdave, Jacquiline Van Marwijk