Patents by Inventor Joel M. Hyman

Joel M. Hyman 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: 9816066
    Abstract: The introduction of tools to study, control or expand the inner-workings of algae has been slow to develop. Provided are embodiments of a molecular method based on guanidinium-rich molecular transporters (GR-MoTrs) for bringing molecular cargos into algal cells. The methods of the disclosure have been shown to work in wild-type algae that have an intact cell wall. Developed using Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, this method is also successful with less studied algae, including Neochloris oleoabundans and Scenedesmus dimorphus, thus providing a new and versatile tool for algal research and modification. The method of delivering a cargo compound to an algal cell comprises contacting an algal cell with a guanidinium-rich delivery vehicle comprising a guanidinium-rich molecular transporter (GR-MoTr) linked to a cargo compound desired to be delivered to the algal cell, whereby the guanidinium-rich molecular transporter can traverse the algal cell wall, thereby delivering the cargo compound to the algal cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Erika Geihe, Brian Trantow, Paul Wender, Joel M. Hyman, Bahram Parvin
  • Publication number: 20150118704
    Abstract: The introduction of tools to study, control or expand the inner-workings of algae has been slow to develop. Provided are embodiments of a molecular method based on guanidinium-rich molecular transporters (GR-MoTrs) for bringing molecular cargos into algal cells. The methods of the disclosure have been shown to work in wild-type algae that have an intact cell wall. Developed using Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, this method is also successful with less studied algae, including Neochloris oleoabundans and Scenedesmus dimorphus, thus providing a new and versatile tool for algal research and modification. The method of delivering a cargo compound to an algal cell comprises contacting an algal cell with a guanidinium-rich delivery vehicle comprising a guanidinium-rich molecular transporter (GR-MoTr) linked to a cargo compound desired to be delivered to the algal cell, whereby the guanidinium-rich molecular transporter can traverse the algal cell wall, thereby delivering the cargo compound to the algal cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Erika Geihe, Brian Trantow, Paul Wender, Joel M. Hyman, Bahram Parvin
  • Publication number: 20120108630
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for compounds, pharmaceutical preparations, kits and methods for the inhibition of the Hh pathway and the alleviation of cancer and developmental disorders associated with the Hh pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: James K. Chen, Joel M. Hyman, Cory A. Ocasio
  • Patent number: 8119640
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for compounds, pharmaceutical preparations, kits and methods for the inhibition of the Hh pathway and the alleviation of cancer and developmental disorders associated with the Hh pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: James K. Chen, Joel M. Hyman, Cory A. Ocasio
  • Publication number: 20110015201
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for compounds, pharmaceutical preparations, kits and methods for the inhibition of the Hh pathway and the alleviation of cancer and developmental disorders associated with the Hh pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: James K. Chen, Joel M. Hyman, Cory A. Ocasio