Patents by Inventor MinKyung Yi

MinKyung Yi 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).

  • Patent number: 8367401
    Abstract: The present invention provides a replication competent hepatitis C virus that includes a heterologous polynucleotide. The invention also includes methods for modifying a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, selecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, detecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, and identifying a compound that inhibits replication of a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Stanley M. Lemon, MinKyung Yi
  • Patent number: 8026092
    Abstract: The present invention provides replication competent polynucleotides that include a coding sequence encoding a hepatitis C virus polyprotein having adaptive mutations. The invention also includes methods for malting replication competent polynucleotides, identifying a compound that inhibits replication of a replication competent polynucleotide, selecting a replication competent polynucleotide, and detecting a replication competent polynucleotide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Board of Regents, the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Stanley M. Lemon, MinKyung Yi
  • Publication number: 20080311576
    Abstract: The present invention provides a replication competent hepatitis C virus that includes a heterologous polynucleotide. The invention also includes methods for modifying a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, selecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, detecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, and identifying a compound that inhibits replication of a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Stanley M. Lemon, MinKyung Yi
  • Publication number: 20070292840
    Abstract: The present invention provides replication competent polynucleotides that include a coding sequence encoding a hepatitis C virus polyprotein having adaptive mutations. The invention also includes methods for malting replication competent polynucleotides, identifying a compound that inhibits replication of a replication competent polynucleotide, selecting a replication competent polynucleotide, and detecting a replication competent polynucleotide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Stanley Lemon, MinKyung Yi
  • Patent number: 6921634
    Abstract: The present invention provides a replication competent hepatitis C virus that includes a heterologous polynucleotide. The invention also includes methods for modifying a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, selecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, detecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, and identifying a compound that inhibits replication of a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Stanley M. Lemon, MinKyung Yi
  • Publication number: 20050153281
    Abstract: The present invention provides a replication competent hepatitis C virus that includes a heterologous polynucleotide. The invention also includes methods for modifying a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, selecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, detecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, and identifying a compound that inhibits replication of a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Stanley Lemon, MinKyung Yi
  • Publication number: 20030125541
    Abstract: The present invention provides a replication competent hepatitis C virus that includes a heterologous polynucleotide. The invention also includes methods for modifying a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, selecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, detecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, and identifying a compound that inhibits replication of a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Stanley M. Lemon, MinKyung Yi
  • Publication number: 20020155582
    Abstract: The present invention provides a replication competent hepatitis C virus that includes a heterologous polynucleotide present in the 3′ non-translated RNA. The invention also includes methods for modifying a hepatitis C virus, selecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus, detecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus, and identifying a compound that inhibits replication of a hepatitis C virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2000
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Stanley M. Lemon, MinKyung Yi