Patents by Inventor Nancy B. Sloan

Nancy B. Sloan 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).

  • MODIFIED BACTERIAL MICROCOMPARTMENT SHELL PROTEIN
    Publication number: 20210395314
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a fusion protein comprising (1) a bacterial microcompartment (BMC) shell protein comprising one or more subunit, and (2) a first component of a specific-binding pair, operably linked to the BMC shell protein such that the first component faces (i) a lumen (inside) side, or (ii) outside of a BMC shell formed incorporating the fusion protein and the fusion protein does not disrupt or prevent the folding of the BMC shell protein or the ability of the BMC shell protein to integrate with other BMC shell proteins into a BMC shell; wherein the first component is capable of forming a stable or irreversible interaction with a second component of the specific-binding pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew R. Hagen, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Nancy B. Sloan, Markus Sutter, Bryan H. Ferlez
  • Modified bacterial microcompartment shell proteins
    Patent number: 11130788
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a fusion protein comprising (1) a bacterial microcompartment (BMC) shell protein comprising one or more subunit, and (2) a first component of a specific-binding pair, operably linked to the BMC shell protein such that the first component faces (i) a lumen (inside) side, or (ii) outside of a BMC shell formed incorporating the fusion protein and the fusion protein does not disrupt or prevent the folding of the BMC shell protein or the ability of the BMC shell protein to integrate with other BMC shell proteins into a BMC shell; wherein the first component is capable of forming a stable or irreversible interaction with a second component of the specific-binding pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of California, Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Andrew R. Hagen, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Nancy B. Sloan, Markus Sutter, Bryan H. Ferlez
  • Modified bacterial microcompartment shell proteins
    Publication number: 20200102355
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a fusion protein comprising (1) a bacterial microcompartment (BMC) shell protein comprising one or more subunit, and (2) a first component of a specific-binding pair, operably linked to the BMC shell protein such that the first component faces (i) a lumen (inside) side, or (ii) outside of a BMC shell formed incorporating the fusion protein and the fusion protein does not disrupt or prevent the folding of the BMC shell protein or the ability of the BMC shell protein to integrate with other BMC shell proteins into a BMC shell; wherein the first component is capable of forming a stable or irreversible interaction with a second component of the specific-binding pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicants: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Andrew R. Hagen, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Nancy B. Sloan, Markus Sutter, Bryan H. Ferlez