Patents by Inventor Jeanne Comte

Jeanne Comte 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).

  • Recombinant collagen and derived proteins produced by plants, methods for obtaining them and uses
    Patent number: 6617431
    Abstract: The invention concerns the use of a recombinant nucleotide sequence containing a cDNA coding for one or several mammalian collagen chains or derived proteins and elements enabling a plant cell to produce the collagen chains(s) or derived proteins, coded by said cDNA, particularly a transcription promoter and terminator identified by the transcription machinery of the plant cells, for transforming the plant cells so as to obtain from these cells, or plants obtained from them, the collagen chain(s) or derived proteins. The invention also concerns the resulting proteins and transformed plant material as well as their uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Meristem Therapeutics S.A.
    Inventors: Veronique Gruber, Jean-Yves Exposito, Florence Ruggiero, Jeanne Comte, Robert Garrone, Bertrand Merot, Philippe Bournat
  • Recombinant collagens and derived proteins produced by plants, methods of obtaining such and their uses
    Publication number: 20030096973
    Abstract: The invention concerns the use of a recombinant nucleotide sequence containing a cDNA coding for one or several mammal collagen chains or derived proteins and elements enabling a plant cell to produce the collagen chain(s) or derived proteins, coded by said cDNA, particularly a transcription promoter and terminator identified by the transcription machinery of the plant cells, for transforming the plant cells so as to obtain from these cells, or plants obtained from them, the collagen chain(s) or derived proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: Meristem Therapeutics S.A.
    Inventors: Veronique Gruber, Jean-Yves Exposito, Florence Ruggiero, Jeanne Comte, Robert Garrone, Bertrand Merot, Philippe Bournat