Patents by Inventor N. Martin Young

N. Martin Young 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).

  • Nucleic acid that encodes a fusion protein
    Patent number: 7381544
    Abstract: This invention provides fusion polypeptides that include a glycosyltransferase catalytic domain and a catalytic domain from an accessory enzyme that is involved in making a substrate for a glycosyltransferase reaction. Nucleic acids that encode the fusion polypeptides are also provided, as are host cells for expressing the fusion polypeptides of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert, N. Martin Young, Warren W. Wakarchuk
  • Fusion proteins for use in enzymatic synthesis of oligosaccharides
    Patent number: 7244601
    Abstract: This invention provides fusion polypeptides that include a glycosyltransferase catalytic domain and a catalytic domain from an accessory enzyme that is involved in making a substrate for a glycosyltransferase reaction. Nucleic acids that encode the fusion polypeptides are also provided, as are host cells for expressing the fusion polypeptides of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert, N. Martin Young, Warren W. Wakarchuk
  • Nucleic acid that encodes a fusion protein
    Publication number: 20030186414
    Abstract: This invention provides fusion polypeptides that include a glycosyltransferase catalytic domain and a catalytic domain from an accessory enzyme that is involved in making a substrate for a glycosyltransferase reaction. Nucleic acids that encode the fusion polypeptides are also provided, as are host cells for expressing the fusion polypeptides of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert, N. Martin Young, Warren W. Wakarchuk
  • Fusion protein comprising a UDP-Galnac 4' epimerase and a galnac transferase
    Publication number: 20030180928
    Abstract: This invention provides fusion polypeptides that include a glycosyltransferase catalytic domain and a catalytic domain from an accessory enzyme that is involved in making a substrate for a glycosyltransferase reaction. Nucleic acids that encode the fusion polypeptides are also provided, as are host cells for expressing the fusion polypeptides of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert, N. Martin Young, Warren W. Wakarchuk
  • FUSION PROTEINS FOR USE IN ENZYMATIC SYNTHYESIS OF OLIGOSACCHARIDES
    Publication number: 20020034805
    Abstract: This invention provides fusion polypeptides that include a glycosyltransferase catalytic domain and a catalytic domain from an accessory enzyme that is involved in making a substrate for a glycosyltransferase reaction. Nucleic acids that encode the fusion polypeptides are also provided, as are host cells for expressing the fusion polypeptides of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Inventors: MICHEL GILBERT, N. MARTIN YOUNG, WARREN W. WAKARCHUK
  • Recombinant &agr;-2,3-sialyltransferases and their uses
    Patent number: 6210933
    Abstract: The structure and specificity of the recombinant &agr;-2,3-sialyltransferases from Neisseria spp, are disclosed. Their use in the production of desired carbohydrate structures is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Michel Gilbert, Warren W. Wakarchuk, N. Martin Young, Michael P. Jennings, Edward Richard Moxon