Patents by Inventor Miti Shah

Miti Shah 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).

  • Sialylation of glycoproteins in plants
    Publication number: 20060218669
    Abstract: The presence of sialic acids (SAs) at the non-reducing terminal of various glycoconjugates plays important roles in the function and half-life of glycoproteins in mammals and many species of microorganisms. It has been previously unknown that plant cells have the capacity to sialylate glycoproteins. The present invention discloses the presence of sialylated glycoconjugates and identifies N-acetylneuranminic acid (Neu5Ac) and N-glycolylneuraminic (Neu5Gc) on glycoproteins in suspension-cultured cells of plants, for example, Arabidopsis thaliana (A. thaliana), Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco), and Medicago sativa (alfalfa), extending the complexity of glycan structures known in the plant kingdom. This invention further discloses methods for engineering plants to produce recombinant glcyoproteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Lokesh Joshi, Miti Shah
  • Compositions and methods for production of sialylated glyoproteins in plants
    Publication number: 20060218670
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and compositions related to sialylation of glycoproteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Lokesh Joshi, Miti Shah