Patents by Inventor Michael Dustin

Michael Dustin 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).

  • Purification of LFA-3
    Patent number: 5190859
    Abstract: A method of purifying LFA-3 using affinity chromatography. Purified LFA-3 is useful for quantitating or separating out CD-2-containing cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Dustin, Timothy Springer
  • Protein micelles
    Patent number: 5071964
    Abstract: A micelle of an adhesion protein which naturally includes a phosphatidylinositol lipid anchor, the micelle being capable of binding multivalently to a plurality of target molecules on a cell surface; where the adhesion protein is LFA-3, the LFA-3 micelles can be administered to a patient to inhibit binding of activated T-cells to other cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1991
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Dustin, Timothy Springer