Patents by Inventor Nathan Clarke Rockwell

Nathan Clarke Rockwell 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).

  • Cyanobacteriochromes active in the far-red to near-infrared
    Patent number: 11021523
    Abstract: The present invention provides a protein fusion construct comprising a far-red cyanobacteriochrome (CBCR) domain linked to a heterologous domain, wherein the far-red CBCR domain comprises a CBCR polypeptide and a tetrapyrrole chromophore. The invention also provides nucleic acids, expression cassettes, vectors, and host cells for expression of the far-red CBCR protein fusion constructs. Methods for detecting cellular components, methods for imaging biological structures, and method for modulating cellular processes using the protein fusion constructs are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: John Clark Lagarias, Nathan Clarke Rockwell
  • CYANOBACTERIOCHROMES AS COLOR-FAST OR COLOR-SWITCHING FOOD ADDITIVES
    Publication number: 20190133160
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are disclosed for the coloring of foodstuffs with recombinant, purified, and/or isolated cyanobacteriochromes (CBCRs). The CBCRs can affect the apparent color of a food by selective absorbing or fluorescing particular wavelengths of light. The CBCRs can have either colorfast properties, in which the CBCRs consistently appear as having a single color, or color changing properties, in which the CBCRs can switch between two states that each appear as a different color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: John Clark Lagarias, Nathan Clarke Rockwell, Shelley S. Martin
  • NOVEL CYANOBACTERIOCHROMES ACTIVE IN THE FAR-RED TO NEAR-INFRARED
    Publication number: 20180354998
    Abstract: The present invention provides a protein fusion construct comprising a far-red cyanobacteriochrome (CBCR) domain linked to a heterologous domain, wherein the far-red CBCR domain comprises a CBCR polypeptide and a tetrapyrrole chromophore. The invention also provides nucleic acids, expression cassettes, vectors, and host cells for expression of the far-red CBCR protein fusion constructs. Methods for detecting cellular components, methods for imaging biological structures, and method for modulating cellular processes using the protein fusion constructs are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: John Clark Lagarias, Nathan Clarke Rockwell