Patents by Inventor MORTEN O. SOMMER

MORTEN O. SOMMER 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).

  • Toxin-Eating Bacteria and Bioremediation
    Publication number: 20140178971
    Abstract: Bacteria that can use antibiotics as a carbon source are provided. Methods and bacteria useful for bioremediation are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: George M. CHURCH, Gautam DANTAS, Morten O. SOMMER
  • Toxin-eating bacteria and bioremediation
    Patent number: 8658416
    Abstract: Methods are provided for reducing a level of one or more antibiotics from an antibiotic-contaminated substance. An organism that can utilize the one or more antibiotics as a carbon source is cultured in the presence of the antibiotic-contaminated substance for a sufficient amount of time to reduce the level of one or more antibiotics from the antibiotic-contaminated substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Gautam Dantas, Morten O. Sommer
  • Toxin-Eating Bacteria and Bioremediation
    Publication number: 20100159565
    Abstract: Bacteria that can use antibiotics as a carbon source are provided. Methods and bacteria useful for bioremediation are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: George M. Church, Gautam Dantas, Morten O. Sommer
  • Metagenomic Functional Selection
    Publication number: 20100093064
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for directly selecting a nucleic acid sequence that confers resistance to an inhibitory compound are provided. Methods and compositions for decontaminating contaminated substances are provided. Microorganisms having resistance to an inhibitory compound are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: GEORGE M. CHURCH, MORTEN O. SOMMER, Gautam Dantas