Patents by Inventor Michael Knapp

Michael Knapp 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).

  • Process for the microbiological preparation of human serum albumin
    Patent number: 5037744
    Abstract: Human serum albumin is made by culturing a bacterium (e.g. E. coli) capable of providing for the stable maintenance of a plasmid containing an inducible promoter (e.g. P.sub.trp), a ribosome binding site (e.g. that of the CII gene of bacteriophage lambda not containing the t.sub.R1 sequence), and the human serum albumin gene possessing an ATG initiation codon at the 5' end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: Genetica
    Inventors: Michael Knapp, Georges Brefort, Paolo Sarmientos
  • Process for the microbiological preparation of human serum albumin
    Patent number: 4914027
    Abstract: Human serum albumin is produced by culturing a bacterium (e.g. E. coli) capable of maintaining a plasmid containing an inducible promoter (e.g. P.sub.trp) upstream of the penicillin amidase promoter, the ribosome binding site of the penicillin amidase gene and the penicillin amidase signal peptide, fused with the structural gene for human serum albumin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Assignee: Genetica
    Inventors: Michael Knapp, Georges Brefort, Martine Latta, Jean-Francois Mayaux, Paolo Sarmientos
  • Wind deflectable sign holder
    Patent number: 4309836
    Abstract: A sign panel is connected to a support frame therebelow by a resilient strip whose width is substantially greater than its thickness so that the sign panel may deflect in strong winds as permitted by the resilience of said strip. The effective length of said strip and hence the resilience thereof may be adjusted so that the maximum length of the strip is utilized under high wind conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1982
    Assignee: Eastern Metal of Elmira, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Knapp