Patents by Inventor Janet M. Blatny

Janet M. Blatny 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).

  • Expression vectors based on RK2 and TOL plasmids
    Patent number: 6258565
    Abstract: The present invention provides an expression vector comprising an RK2 minimum replicon together with an expression cassette comprising the regulatory functions of a TOL plasmid, and, in particular, an expression vector comprising a RK2 minimum replicon together with a promoter Pm and/or Pu and a corresponding regulatory gene xylS and/or xylR as derived from a TOL plasmid. Such expression vectors may be used to express desired genes in a wide range of gram negative and gram positive bacterial hosts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Leiv Eiriksson Nyfotek AS
    Inventors: Janet M. Blatny, Ponniah Karunakaran, Svein Valla