Patents by Inventor Jean François Bloch

Jean François Bloch 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).

  • Patent number: 8017318
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for detecting a known function, from nucleic acids present in a sample, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: (a) preparing, from the nucleic acids of the sample, nucleic acid molecules comprising the gene(s) coding for the protein(s) corresponding to said function, and the control elements required for the transcription and the translation of said gene(s); (b) in vitro transcription and translation of the nucleic acid molecule prepared in step (a); (c) detecting and/or measuring the function corresponding to the protein(s) produced in step (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Proteus S.A.
    Inventors: Jean François Bloch, Sandrine Dautel, Daniel Dupret, Jean-Michel Masson, Fabrice Lefevre
  • Patent number: 6818396
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for determining the activity of a substance using a functional test, characterized in that it consists in detecting and/or measuring the variation of a known function corresponding to one or several proteins produced in vitro in the presence and in the absence of said substances or to the substance in the presence or in the absence of one or several proteins produces in vitro.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Proteus S.A.
    Inventors: Jean François Bloch, Daniel Dupret, Fabrice Lefevre, Sandrine Dautel, Jean-Michel Masson