Patents by Inventor Juan Melendez-Alvarez

Juan Melendez-Alvarez 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEM OF MANAGING RESOURCE COMPETITION IN SYNTHETIC GENE CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20220380783
    Abstract: Described herein are a synthetic cascading bistable switches (Syn-CBS) circuit. In some aspects, the SynCBS circuit is single-strain circuit with two coupled self-activation modules to achieve two successive cell fate transitions. In other aspects, the SynCBS circuit is a two-strain circuit where the self-activation modules are divided in two cells instead of being expressed in a single cell. Also described are plasmids encoding the Syn-CBS circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Rong Zhang, Hanah Goetz, Juan Melendez-Alvarez, Xiao Wang, Xiaojun Tian