Patents by Inventor Karen A. Ketchum

Karen A. Ketchum 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).

  • Isolated human protease proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human protease proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20090082273
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the protease peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the protease peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the protease peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: CELERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Weiniu Gan, Karen A. Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated human enzyme proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human enzyme proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20070041958
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the enzyme peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the enzyme peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the enzyme peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fangcheng Gong, Karen Ketchum, Valentina DiFrancesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7112326
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Chunhua Yan, Karen A. Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated human nuclear hormone receptors, nucleic acid molecules encoding human nuclear hormone receptors, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20060211622
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the nuclear hormone receptor peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the nuclear hormone receptor peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the nuclear hormone receptor peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Wei, Jane Ye, Chunhua Yan, Karen Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human phospholipase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human phospholipase proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7060481
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the phospholipase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the phospholipase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the phospholipase peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Karl Guegler, Ellen M. Beasley, Karen A. Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco
  • Isolated human nuclear hormone receptors, nucleic acid molecules encoding human nuclear hormone receptors, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7053045
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the nuclear hormone receptor peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the nuclear hormone receptor peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the nuclear hormone receptor peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Wei, Jane Ye, Chunhua Yan, Karen A. Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7049119
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Chunhua Yan, Jane Ye, Karen A. Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7037701
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Marion Webster, Zhenya Li, Karen A. Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated human transporter proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human transporter proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20060068382
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the transporter peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the transporter peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the transporter peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Ellen Beasley, Marion Webster, Karen Ketchum, Ming-Hui Wei, Gennady Merkulov, Shiaoping Zhu, Valentina Francesco
  • Isolated human transporter proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human transporter proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20060051850
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the transporter peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the transporter peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the transporter peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Chunhua Yan, Zhenya Li, Karen Ketchum, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7005286
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Jane Abu-Threideh, Fangcheng Gong, Karen A. Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated human transporter proteins, nucleic acid molecules, encoding human transporter proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6991920
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the transporter peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the transporter peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the transporter peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Karen A. Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding human drug metabolizing proteins
    Patent number: 6987014
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the drug-metabolizing enzyme peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the drug-metabolizing enzyme peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the drug-metabolizing enzyme peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Wei, Jane Ye, Karen A. Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated human ras-like proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding these human ras-like proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6969588
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of polypeptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the Ras-like protein polypeptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated polypeptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the Ras-like protein polypeptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the Ras-like protein polypeptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Beena Neelam, Karen A. Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050239168
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Wei, Karen Ketchum, Ellen Beasley, Valentina Di Francesco
  • Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6955625
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Ellen M. Beasley, Wei Shao, Karen A. Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco
  • Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050227284
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: APPLERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Beena Neelam, Natalia Milshina, Chunhua Yan, Valentina Difrancesco, Ellen Beasley, Karen Ketchum
  • ISOLATED NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES ENCODING HUMAN DRUGMETOBOLIZING PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20050208484
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the drug-metabolizing enzyme peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the drug-metabolizing enzyme peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the drug-metabolizing enzyme peptides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Wei, Jane Ye, Karen Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen Beasley
  • Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6946545
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Chunhua Yan, Karen A. Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco, Ellen M. Beasley
  • Isolated human kinase proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding human kinase proteins, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6942983
    Abstract: The present invention provides amino acid sequences of peptides that are encoded by genes within the human genome, the kinase peptides of the present invention. The present invention specifically provides isolated peptide and nucleic acid molecules, methods of identifying orthologs and paralogs of the kinase peptides, and methods of identifying modulators of the kinase peptides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Applera Corporation
    Inventors: Jiayin Li, Karl Guegler, Ellen M. Beasley, Karen A. Ketchum, Valentina Di Francesco