Patents by Inventor John Walshaw

John Walshaw 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).

  • SIALIC ACID TRANSPORTER PROTEINS AS BIOMARKERS AND DRUG TARGETS
    Publication number: 20210254138
    Abstract: A method of identifying, monitoring and/or diagnosing mucosal bacterial presence or infection, said method including the step of detecting at least part of a sialic acid transporter protein encoded by Ruminococcus gnavus (R. gnavus) ATCC 29149 Nan cluster. In addition, a method of inhibition of the growth of bacterium, said method including the step of inhibition of a sialic acid transporter protein is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Quadram Institute Bioscience
    Inventors: Nathalie Juge, Andrew Bell, John Walshaw
  • Protein structures and protein fibres
    Patent number: 7402599
    Abstract: This invention relates to protein fibre formation and in particular to methods of producing protein fibres to form a protein structure comprising a plurality of first polypeptide units arranged in a first polypeptide strand and a plurality of second polypeptide units arranged in a second polypeptide strand, the strands preferably forming a coiled coil structure, and in which a first polypeptide unit in the first strand extends beyond a corresponding second polypeptide unit in the second strand in the direction of the strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: The University of Sussex
    Inventors: Derek N. Woolfson, John Walshaw, Maya J. Pandya, John Colyer
  • Protein structures and protein fibres
    Patent number: 7045537
    Abstract: This invention relates to protein fiber formation and in particular to methods of producing protein fibers to form a protein structure comprising a plurality of first polypeptide units arranged in a first polypeptide strand and a plurality of second polypeptide units arranged in a second polypeptide strand, the strands preferably forming a coiled coil structure, and in which a first polypeptide unit in the first strand extends beyond a corresponding second polypeptide unit in the second strand in the direction of the strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: The University of Sussex
    Inventors: Derek N. Woolfson, John Walshaw, Maya J. Pandya, John Colyer
  • Protein structures and protein fibres
    Publication number: 20060009620
    Abstract: This invention relates to protein fibre formation and in particular to methods of producing protein fibres to form a protein structure comprising a plurality of first polypeptide units arranged in a first polypeptide strand and a plurality of second polypeptide units arranged in a second polypeptide strand, the strands preferably forming a coiled coil structure, and in which a first polypeptide unit in the first strand extends beyond a corresponding second polypeptide unit in the second strand in the direction of the strands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
    Inventors: Derek Woolfson, John Walshaw, Mava Pandya, John Colyer