Patents by Inventor John Philip Obrien

John Philip Obrien 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).

  • Silk Thread Containing Spider Thread Protein and Silk Worm Producing the Silk Thread
    Publication number: 20080287651
    Abstract: A transgenic silkworm having transferred therein a gene which encodes spider thread protein having desired properties of high strength and high elasticity while leaving the silkworm fibroin H chain gene intact, by means of utilizing a transposon function, is used to produce in the transgenic silkworm a spider thread protein having the desired properties without lowering the strength or elasticity of silk thread produced by the transgenic silkworm, thereby providing hybrid silk of spider and silk threads having the desired properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicants: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Shingo Hiramatsu, Hiromitsu Moriyama, Ryota Asaoka, Ken Morita, Takashi Tanaka, Katsushige Yamada, John Philip Obrien, Stephen R. Fahnestock