Patents by Inventor Karen Coopman

Karen Coopman 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).

  • Method for preparing microbeads, microbeads, a cell culture, a method for providing cell-derived products and a method for providing bioactive substances to a target
    Publication number: 20230082321
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing microbeads comprising nanofibrillar cellulose, the method comprising providing a dispersion of chemically anionically modified nanofibrillar cellulose having a number-average diameter of 200 nm or less, forming the nanofibrillar cellulose into microbeads, to obtain microbeads comprising chemically anionically modified nanofibrillar cellulose in the range of 0.2-2% by weight. The present disclosure also provides the microbeads, a cell culture, a method for providing cell-derived products, use of the microbeads and use of chemically anionically modified nanofibrillar cellulose for preparing the microbeads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Markus NUOPPONEN, Jonathan SHEARD, Wouter EILERS, Darius WIDERA, Graeme S. COTTRELL, Karen COOPMAN, Lisa BARRETT, Marijana DRAGOSAVAC
  • Cell system and method for storing cells
    Patent number: 11332714
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cell system comprising eukaryotic cells in a hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose in cell storage medium at a temperature in the range of 0-25° C. The present disclosure also provides a method for storing eukaryotic cells, the method comprising providing eukaryotic cells, providing nanofibrillar cellulose, combining the cells and the nanofibrillar cellulose to form the cell system, and storing the cell system at a temperature in the range of 0-25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Markus Nuopponen, Jane Spencer-Fry, Karen Coopman
  • CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING CELLS
    Publication number: 20200199536
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cell system comprising eukaryotic cells in a hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose in cell storage medium at a temperature in the range of 0-25° C. The present disclosure also provides a method for storing eukaryotic cells, the method comprising providing eukaryotic cells, providing nanofibrillar cellulose, combining the cells and the nanofibrillar cellulose to form the cell system, and storing the cell system at a temperature in the range of 0-25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Markus Nuopponen, Jane Spencer-Fry, Karen Coopman