Patents by Inventor Lance Lusk

Lance Lusk 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).

  • Assay for an antifreeze protein
    Patent number: 5928877
    Abstract: Yeast is genetically engineered by transformation with an expression vector containing a natural yeast secretion signal sequence combined appropriately with a chemically synthesized gene encoding antifreeze protein resulting in the expression, proper processing, and secretion of antifreeze protein which is heterologous to yeast in recoverable amounts. Disclosed are DNA sequences comprising structural genes encoding peptides having amino acid sequences with the biochemical or physiochemical properties of antifreeze protein and a method of combining the antifreeze protein gene sequences with appropriate expression vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Miller Brewing Company
    Inventors: Lance Lusk, Charles L. Cronan
  • Method of expressing antifreeze proteins in yeast
    Patent number: 5849537
    Abstract: Yeast is genetically engineered by transformation with an expression vector containing a natural yeast secretion signal sequence combined appropriately with a chemically synthesized gene encoding antifreeze protein resulting in the expression, proper processing, and secretion of antifreeze protein which is heterologous to yeast in recoverable amounts. Disclosed are DNA sequences comprising structural genes encoding peptides having amino acid sequences with the biochemical or physiochemical properties of antifreeze protein and a method of combining the antifreeze protein gene sequences with appropriate expression vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Miller Brewing Company
    Inventors: Matthew Tripp, Lance Lusk, Thomas Rhodes, Nick Huige, Edward Kot, Etzer Chicoye, Michael C. Barney, Patricia A. Bower, Charles L. Cronan