Patents by Inventor Mauritz Venter

Mauritz Venter 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).

  • Synthetic promoter construct for transgene expression
    Patent number: 9670497
    Abstract: The invention is directed to synthetic promoter constructs for enhanced transgene expression in plants and to expression cassettes comprising the synthetic promoter constructs. The expression cassettes may include various elements for improved expression, stability of the expressed protein or efficient purification of the expressed protein, including signal sequences, protease cleavage sites for release of the target protein, trafficking peptides for trafficking of the expressed protein to various plant compartments, and/or various tags. The invention further relates to methods of expression of transgenic proteins in plants with the use of the synthetic promoter constructs and expression cassettes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: AZARGEN BIOTECHNOLOGIES (PTY) LTD.
    Inventors: Mauritz Venter, Jacobus Petrus Zwiegelaar
  • PRODUCTION OF HUMAN PULMONARY SURFACTANT PROTEIN B IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20160264646
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of producing pulmonary surfactant protein-B (SP-B) isoforms fragments and analogues thereof in a plant cell, and to expression cassettes for expression of the SP-B proteins in plants. The expression cassettes may include various elements for improved expression, stability of the expressed protein or efficient purification of the expressed protein, including signal sequences, protease cleavage sites for release of the target protein, trafficking peptides for trafficking of the expressed protein to various plant compartments, and/or various tags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: AZARGEN BIOTECHNOLOGIES (PTY) LTD
    Inventors: Mauritz Venter, Jacobus Petrus Zwiegelaar
  • SYNTHETIC PROMOTER CONSTRUCT FOR TRANSGENE EXPRESSION
    Publication number: 20150329869
    Abstract: The invention is directed to synthetic promoter constructs for enhanced transgene expression in plants and to expression cassettes comprising the synthetic promoter constructs. The expression cassettes may include various elements for improved expression, stability of the expressed protein or efficient purification of the expressed protein, including signal sequences, protease cleavage sites for release of the target protein, trafficking peptides for trafficking of the expressed protein to various plant compartments, and/or various tags. The invention further relates to methods of expression of transgenic proteins in plants with the use of the synthetic promoter constructs and expression cassettes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Mauritz Venter, Jacobus Petrus Zwiegelaar