Patents by Inventor Kenneth I. Berns

Kenneth I. Berns 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).

  • Human adeno-associated virus integration site DNA and uses thereof
    Patent number: 5580703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment comprising a nucleic acid sequence corresponding to a human AAV integration site, or a subsequence thereof which is site specific to the AAV integration site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Robert M. Kotin, Kenneth I. Berns, Ralph M. Linden
  • AAV transduction vectors
    Patent number: 5139941
    Abstract: A hybrid gene vector suitable for introducing foreign DNA into a mammalian cell comprising the foreign DNA ligated to an AAV genome; a method of constructing the hybrid gene vector; a method of transducing foreign DNA into mammalian cells comprising infecting the cells with the above hybrid gene vector and a method of rescuing foreign DNA from mammalian cells utilizing helper virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Muzyczka, Paul L. Hermonat, Kenneth I. Berns, Richard J. Samulski