Patents by Inventor Manju Agarwal

Manju Agarwal 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).

  • Vectors comprising SAR elements
    Publication number: 20020103148
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of using scaffolding attachment regions (SARs) to increase expression in retrovirally transduced resting cells. This includes gene therapy by introducing into a patient a cellular composition comprising non-immortal human cells transduced with a retroviral vector comprising a DNA SAR element and a heterologous gene operatively linked to an expression control sequence. A particularly preferred SAR is the 5′ SAR of the human interferon &bgr; gene or a fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Manju Agarwal, Ivan Plavec, Gabor Veres
  • Vectors comprising SAR elements
    Patent number: 6194212
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of using scaffold attachment regions (SARs) to increase expression in retrovirally transduced resting cells. A particularly preferred SAR is the 5′ SAR of the human interferon &bgr; gene or a fragment thereof having at least 450 base pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Manju Agarwal, Ivan Plavec, Gabor Veres