Patents by Inventor Katharine Ku

Katharine Ku 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).

  • Cell culture reactor
    Patent number: 4201845
    Abstract: A cell culture reactor is provided for the growth of cells in vitro which employs elongate, selectively permeable hollow fibers arranged in a shallow layer configuration as a matrix for cell attachment on the outer surface of the fibers, and aeration of the cells by passage through the interior of said fibers and permeation of the membrane cell. The flow path of the culture media is directed by distributor plate means substantially uniformly through the fiber layer and substantially transverse to the plane of the elongate axes of the fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1980
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Joseph Feder, Katharine Ku, Mau-Jung Ku
  • Mammalion cell culture process
    Patent number: 4087327
    Abstract: A cell culture reactor system is provided for the growth of cells in vitro which employs elongate hollow or solid fibers arranged in a shallow layer configuration as a matrix for cell attachment in which the flow path of the culture media is directed substantially uniformly through the fiber layer and substantially transverse to the plane of the elongate axes of the fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Assignee: Monsanto Company
    Inventors: Joseph Feder, Katharine Ku, Mau-Jung Kuo