Patents by Inventor Lawrence H. Pinto

Lawrence H. Pinto 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).

  • Clock gene and gene product
    Patent number: 6291429
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated and purified polypeptide components of the mammalian circadian clock, polynucleotides that encode those polypeptides, expression vectors containing those polynucleotides, host cells transformed with those expression vectors, a process of making the polypeptide components using those polynucleotides and vectors, and processes using those polypeptides and polynucleotides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Joseph S. Takahaski, Fred Turek, Lawrence H. Pinto
  • Clock gene and gene product
    Patent number: 6057125
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated and purified polypeptide components of the mammalian circadian clock, polynucleotides that encode those polypeptides, expression vectors containing those polynucleotides, host cells transformed with those expression vectors, a process of making the polypeptide components using those polynucleotides and vectors, and processes using those polypeptides and polynucleotides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of Northwestern University
    Inventors: Joseph S. Takahaski, Fred Turek, Lawrence H. Pinto
  • Clock gene and gene product
    Patent number: 5874241
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated and purified polypeptide components of the mammalian circadian clock, polynucleotides that encode those polypeptides, expression vectors containing those polynucleotides, host cells transformed with those expression vectors, a process of making the polypeptide components using those polynucleotides and vectors, and processes using those polypeptides and polynucleotides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Joseph S. Takahashi, Fred W. Turek, Lawrence H. Pinto