Patents by Inventor Jon R. Sayers

Jon R. Sayers 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).

  • Designer proteases
    Patent number: 6383775
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for engineering and selecting an active protease able to cleave a user-defined target amino acid sequence. The method is useful for designing proteases for medical therapeutics and industrial applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Interleukin Genetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon W. Duff, Jon R. Sayers, Srdjan Vitovski