Patents by Inventor Michael J. Wach

Michael J. Wach 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).

  • Bacterial nitric oxide synthases and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7208303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding nitric oxide synthases. The isolated nucleic acid molecules and their encoded protein or polypeptides are useful in methods for attaching a nitrogen group to a target moiety of a compound and for synthesizing a nitrogen-modified compound in a transgenic host cell. The present invention also relates to expression systems and host cells containing the nucleic acids of the present invention, as well as a method of recombinantly producing the nitric oxide synthases of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignees: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Rosemary Loria, Brian Crane, Johan Kers, Donna M. Gibson, Michael J. Wach