Patents by Inventor Moaro Kumagai

Moaro Kumagai 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).

  • Method of determining the function of nucleotide sequences and the proteins they encode by transfecting the same into a host
    Publication number: 20050005319
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for rapidly determining the function of nucleic acid sequences by transfecting the same into a host organism to effect expression. Phenotypic and biochemical changes produced thereby are then analyzed to ascertain the function of the nucleic acids which have been transfected into the host organism. The invention also provides methods for silencing endogenous genes by transfecting hosts with nucleic acid sequences to effect expression of the same. The present invention also provides methods for selecting desired functions of RNAs and proteins by the use of virus vectors to express libraries of nucleic acid sequence variants. Moreover, the present invention provides methods for inhibiting an endogenous protease of a plant host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicant: LARGE SCALE BIOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guy della-Cioppa, Robert Erwin, Wayne Fitzmaurice, Kathleen Hanley, Moaro Kumagai, John Lindbo, David McGee, Hal Padgett, Gregory Pogue