Patents by Inventor Oliver Laurent

Oliver Laurent 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).

  • Bioengineered Vehicles for Targeted Nucleic Acid Delivery
    Publication number: 20070255041
    Abstract: There is disclosed a gene-delivery compound comprising: (A) a single-chain binding polypeptide having at least one effector segment which includes at least one cysteinyl residue; and (B) a nucleic acid-binding moiety which is coupled to the polypeptide via the cysteinyl residue. There is disclosed also a gene-delivery compound comprising: (A) a single-chain, binding polypeptide having at least one effector segment which includes at least one cysteinyl residue; (B) a lipid-associating moiety which is coupled to the polypeptide via the cysteinyl residue. Additionally disclosed are compositions comprising the above-mentioned compounds and a nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: James Huston, Pierre Wils, Quan Zhu, Oliver Laurent, Wayne Marasco, Daniel Scherman
  • Bioengineered vehicles for targeted nucleic acid delivery
    Publication number: 20020132990
    Abstract: There is disclosed a gene-delivery compound comprising: (A) a single-chain binding polypeptide having at least one effector segment which includes at least one cysteinyl residue; and (B) a nucleic acid-binding moiety which is coupled to the polypeptide via the cysteinyl residue. There is disclosed also a gene-delivery compound comprising: (A) a single-chain, binding polypeptide having at least one effector segment which includes at least one cysteinyl residue; (B) a lipid-associating moiety which is coupled to the polypeptide via the cysteinyl residue. Additionally disclosed are compositions comprising the above-mentioned compounds and a nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: James S. Huston, Pierre Wils, Quan Zhu, Oliver Laurent, Wayne A. Marasco, Daniel Scherman