Patents by Inventor Jong-Young J. Yen

Jong-Young J. Yen 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).

  • Transdominant negative proto-oncogene
    Patent number: 6008323
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transrepressing protein of the Fos proto-oncogene family. The protein, FosB2, is characterized by having a leucine zipper domain and forming a heterodimer with a Jun related protein. This heterodimer is capable of binding to an AP-1 site and suppressing transcriptional transactivation of a promoter containing the AP-1 site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Inventors: Inder M. Verma, Ronald M. Wisdom, Jong-Young J. Yen
  • Transdominant negative proto-oncogene
    Patent number: 5470736
    Abstract: The present invention provides polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences for a trans-repressing protein of the Fos proto-oncogene family, where the polypeptide is characterized by having a leucine zipper domain and forming a heterodimer with a Jun related protein. This heterodimer is capable of biding to an AP-1 site and suppressing transcriptional transactivation of a promoter containing the AP-1 site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
    Inventors: Inder M. Verma, Ronald M. Wisdom, Jong-Young J. Yen