Patents by Inventor Man-Wah Tan

Man-Wah Tan 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 of screening compounds useful for prevention of infection or pathogenicity
    Patent number: 7166270
    Abstract: Screening procedures are disclosed for identifying compounds useful for inhibiting infection or pathogenicity. Methods are also disclosed for identifying pathogenic virulence factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignees: The Netherlands Cancer Institute, The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick M. Ausubel, Laurence G. Rahme, Man-Wah Tan, Gary B. Ruvkun, Shalina Mahajan-Miklos, Annegien Broeks, Ronald H. A. Plasterk, Georg Jander, Jacqueline Heard
  • Methods for screening and identifying host pathogen defense genes
    Patent number: 7112716
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for identifying nematodes having enhanced susceptibility to a pathogen; for identifying pathogen defense response genes; and for identifying compounds that enhances a host's defense response to a pathogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick M. Ausubel, Rhonda Feinbaum, Man Wah Tan, Genviève Alloing, Dennis Kim
  • Methods of screening compounds useful for prevention of infection or pathogenicity
    Patent number: 6905670
    Abstract: Screening procedures are disclosed for identifying compounds useful for inhibiting fungal infection or pathogenicity. Methods are also disclosed for identifying fungal pathogenic virulence factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick M. Ausubel, Stephen B. Calderwood, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Andrew Diener, Julia Plotnikova, Costi D. Sifri, Laurence G. Rahme, Man-Wah Tan, Gary B. Ruvkun, Georg Jander, Jacqueline Heard
  • Methods of screening compounds useful for prevention of infection or pathogenicity
    Publication number: 20030086871
    Abstract: Screening procedures are disclosed for identifying compounds useful for inhibiting fungal infection or pathogenicity. Methods are also disclosed for identifying fungal pathogenic virulence factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Frederick M. Ausubel, Stephen B. Calderwood, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Andrew Diener, Julia Plotnikova, Costi D. Sifri, Laurence G. Rahme, Man-Wah Tan, Gary B. Ruvkun, Georg Jander, Jacqueline Heard
  • Methods for screening and identifying host pathogen defense genes
    Publication number: 20020194624
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for identifying nematodes having enhanced susceptibility to a pathogen; for identifying pathogen defense response genes; and for identifying compounds that enhances a host's defense response to a pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Frederick M. Ausubel, Rhonda Feinbaum, Man Wah Tan, Genvieve Alloing, Dennis Kim
  • Methods of screening compounds useful for prevention of infection or pathogenicity
    Patent number: 6461854
    Abstract: Screening procedures are disclosed for identifying compounds useful for inhibiting infection or pathogenicity. Methods are also disclosed for identifying pathogenic virulence factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick M. Ausubel, Laurence G. Rahme, Man-Wah Tan, Gary B. Ruvkun
  • Methods for screening and identifying host pathogen defense genes
    Publication number: 20020038463
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for identifying nematodes having enhanced susceptibility to a pathogen; for identifying pathogen defense response genes; and for identifying compounds that enhances a host's defense response to a pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Inventors: Frederick M. Ausubel, Rhonda Feinbaum, Man Wah Tan, Genvieve Alloing, Dennis Kim
  • Virulence-associated nucleic acid sequences and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6355411
    Abstract: Disclosed are bacterial virulence polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences (e.g., DNA) encoding such polypeptides, and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for utilizing such polypeptides to screen for antibacterial or bacteriostatic compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick Ausubel, Howard M. Goodman, Laurence G. Rahme, Shalina Mahajan-Miklos, Man-Wah Tan, Hui Cao, Eliana Drenkard, John Tsongalis