Patents by Inventor Justin Yarrow

Justin Yarrow 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).

  • Kinesin inhibitors
    Patent number: 6890933
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compounds, compositions, methods and systems for inhibiting cell growth. More specifically, the present invention provides for methods, compounds and compositions which are capable of inhibiting mitosis in metabolically active cells. Compounds, compositions and methods of the present invention inhibit the activity of a protein involved in the assembly and maintenance of the mitotic spindle. One class of proteins which acts on the mitotic spindle is the family of mitotic kinesins, a subset of the kinesin superfamily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Yan Feng, Tarun M. Kapoor, Thomas Mayer, Zoltan Maliga, Timothy J. Mitchison, Justin Yarrow
  • Kinesin inhibitors
    Publication number: 20050004156
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compounds, compositions, methods and systems for inhibiting cell growth. More specifically, the present invention provides for methods, compounds and compositions which are capable of inhibiting mitosis in metabolically active cells. Compounds, compositions and methods of the present invention inhibit the activity of a protein involved in the assembly and maintenance of the mitotic spindle. One class of proteins which acts on the mitotic spindle is the family of mitotic kinesins, a subset of the kinesin superfamily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Yan Feng, Tarun Kapoor, Thomas Mayer, Zoltan Maliga, Timothy Mitchison, Justin Yarrow