Patents by Inventor John Buolamwini

John Buolamwini 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).

  • Novel Nucleoside Transport Inhibitors
    Publication number: 20070293444
    Abstract: Compounds or compositions that are inhibitors and/or ligands of nucleoside transporters; and methods of treating cancer, heart disease and stroke, as well as AIDS and other infectious diseases
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventor: John Buolamwini
  • Restriction display (RD-PCR) of differentially expressed mRNAs
    Patent number: 6270966
    Abstract: A method for detecting gene expression in cells by reverse transcribing mRNA molecules into cDNA, cutting the cDNA with at least one restriction endonuclease, adding adaptor sequences to the cDNA fragments and selectively amplifying a subset of the cDNA by a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to present a two-dimensional display of the DNA fragments or for cloning the DNA fragments into a vector is disclosed. In one embodiment, cDNA corresponding to the 3′ end of the mRNA is amplified and displayed or cloned, whereas in another embodiment, cDNA corresponding to the entire mRNA molecule is amplified and displayed or cloned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: John N. Weinstein, John Buolamwini