Patents by Inventor Kathryn Fritsche

Kathryn Fritsche 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).

  • Polyacetylenic Compounds with Anti-Fungal Activity Derived from the Bacterium Collimonas and Methods for the Preparation and Identification Thereof
    Publication number: 20130123543
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid sequences involved in, or capable of the biosynthesis of polyacetylenic compounds with anti-fungal activity and especially isolated nucleic acid sequences derived from Collimonas fungivorans. Further, the present invention relates to methods for identifying the present isolated nucleic acids, the use thereof for identification of homologous nucleic acids in other organisms or the use thereof for the biosynthesis of polyacetylenic compounds with anti-fungal activity. Further, the present invention relates to novel polyacetylenic compounds with anti-fungal activity. Specifically, the present invention relates to isolated nucleic acids encoding one or more proteins involved in the synthesis of a polyacetylenic compound with antifungal activity wherein said isolated nucleic acid comprises a nucleic acid sequence having at least 70%, preferably at least 80%, more preferably at least 90%, most preferably at least 95% identity with SEQ ID No. 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY
    Inventors: Kathryn Fritsche, Johannes Henricus Josephus Leveau, Wietse De Boer, Johannes Antonie Van Veen