Patents by Inventor Kevin James O'CONNER

Kevin James O'CONNER 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).

  • PRODUCTION OF BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20150335720
    Abstract: A fusion protein that is expressed in a recombinant protein body-like assembly (RPBLA) in host eukaryotic cells and organisms is disclosed. More particularly, a biologically active polypeptide fused to a protein sequence that mediates the induction of RPBLA formation is expressed and accumulated in host cells after transformation with an appropriate vector. The eukaryotic host cell does not produce protein bodies in the absence of the fusion protein. Methods for preparing and using the RPBLAs and the fusion protein are also disclosed, as are nucleic acid molecules that encode the fusion proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Bernard HEIFETZ, Blanca LLOMPART ROYO, Pablo MARZÁBAL LUNA, Miriam BASTIDA VIRGILI, Maria Dolores LUDEVID MÚGICA, Margarita TORRENT QUETGLAS, Kevin James O'CONNER, Roser Pallisse BERGWERF, Maria Immaculada LLOP TOUS
  • Production of Biologically Active Proteins
    Publication number: 20120020992
    Abstract: A fusion protein that is expressed in a recombinant protein body-like assembly (RPBLA) in host eukaryotic cells and organisms is disclosed. More particularly, a biologically active polypeptide fused to a protein sequence that mediates the induction of RPBLA formation is expressed and accumulated in host cells after transformation with an appropriate vector. The eukaryotic host cell does not produce protein bodies in the absence of the fusion protein. Methods for preparing and using the RPBLAs and the fusion protein are also disclosed, as are nucleic acid molecules that encode the fusion proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: ERA BIOTECH, S.A.
    Inventors: Peter Bernard HEIFETZ, Blanca LLOMPART ROYO, Pablo MARZÁBAL LUNA, Miriam BASTIDA VIRGILI, Mª Dolores LUDEVID MÚGICA, Margarita TORRENT QUETGLAS, Kevin James O'CONNER, Roser Pallisse BERGWERF, Mª Immaculada LLOP TOUS