Patents by Inventor Lydia J. Villa-Komaroff

Lydia J. Villa-Komaroff 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).

  • Recombinant DNA molecule
    Patent number: 4565785
    Abstract: A plasmid or phage gene for a periplasmic or extracellular bacterial protein is cleaved, a double-stranded DNA sequence coding for a selected protein or portion thereof from a eukaryotic cell such as insulin is inserted in that cleaved gene by recombinant DNA techniques and used to transform a bacterium, and the excreted selected protein is collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1986
    Assignee: The President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Walter Gilbert, Stephanie A. Broome, Lydia J. Villa-Komaroff, Argiris A. Efstratiadis
  • Protein synthesis
    Patent number: 4411994
    Abstract: A plasmid or phage gene for a periplasmic or extracellular bacterial protein is cleaved, a double-stranded DNA sequence coding for a selected protein or portion thereof from a eukaryotic cell such as insulin is inserted in that cleaved gene by recombinant DNA techniques and used to transform a bacterium, and the excreted selected protein is collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Assignee: The President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Walter Gilbert, Stephanie A. Broome, Lydia J. Villa-Komaroff, Argiris A. Efstratiadis