Patents by Inventor Myra B. Kurtz

Myra B. Kurtz 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).

  • Transformation of Candida albicans by electroporation
    Patent number: 5908753
    Abstract: There is disclosed a procedure for DNA-mediated transformation of Candida albicans by electroporation utilizing lithium acetate and dithiothreitol to weaken the cell wall structure and optimize the yield of transformants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Rosemarie Kelly, Elizabeth A. Register, Myra B. Kurtz, John R. Thompson
  • Antifungal agents
    Patent number: 5597806
    Abstract: There are disclosed novel compounds having the formula ##STR1## which exhibit antifungal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Wendy H. Clapp, Guy H. Harris, Gerald F. Bills, James E. Curotto, Anne W. Dombrowski, Sarah J. Driekorn, Myra B. Kurtz, Maria S. Meinz, Janet C. Onishi, Jon D. Polishook, Stanley L. Streicher, John R. Thompson, Marie Williams, Deborah L. Zink
  • Antibiotic eicosenoic acids
    Patent number: 5233062
    Abstract: New antibiotic eicosenoic acids and a method of producing it are described. The acids have been found to have antifungal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Wendy S. Horn, Myra B. Kurtz, Jerrold M. Liesch, Jack L. Smith, Isabel Martin, Francisca Vicente
  • Transformation of Candida albicans
    Patent number: 4735901
    Abstract: Candida albicans has been transformed by the insertion of a plasmid comprising a fragment of DNA from Candida albicans containing the intact ADE 2 gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Assignee: E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
    Inventors: Myra B. Kurtz, Donald R. Kirsch