Patents by Inventor Kunru Wang

Kunru Wang 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).

  • Methods and compositions useful for inhibiting growth of certain bacteria
    Patent number: 12378286
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a composition comprising a purified or isolated Hyde1 gene product, or a functional fragment thereof; a modified host cell capable of expressing a Type VI secretion system (T6SS), Hyde1, and/or Hyde2, or a functional fragment thereof; a method of treating a disease caused all or in part by a bacterial cell, comprising administering a composition of the present invention to a subject in need thereof; and a method to limit or reduce growth of a pathogenic bacteria in an environment, comprising: introducing a non-pathogenic bacterial capable of expressing a Type VI secretion system (T6SS), Hyde1, and/or Hyde2, or functional fragment thereof, to an environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, ETH-Zurich, Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Asaf Levy, Maximilian Mittelviefhaus, Jiamin Miao, Kunru Wang, Bingyu Zhao, Julia Vorholt-Zambelli, Jeffrey L. Dangl
  • Methods and compositions useful for inhibiting growth of certain bacteria
    Publication number: 20210101931
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a composition comprising a purified or isolated Hyde1 gene product, or a functional fragment thereof; a modified host cell capable of expressing a Type VI secretion system (T6SS), Hyde1, and/or Hyde2, or a functional fragment thereof; a method of treating a disease caused all or in part by a bacterial cell, comprising administering a composition of the present invention to a subject in need thereof; and a method to limit or reduce growth of a pathogenic bacteria in an environment, comprising: introducing a non-pathogenic bacterial capable of expressing a Type VI secretion system (T6SS), Hyde1, and/or Hyde2, or functional fragment thereof, to an environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Asaf Levy, Maximilian Mittelviefhaus, Jiamin Miao, Kunru Wang, Bingyu Zhao, Julia Vorholt-Zambelli, Jeffrey L. Dangl