Patents by Inventor Patricia C. Wood

Patricia C. Wood 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).

  • High purity albumin
    Patent number: 6034221
    Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation of albumin which has extremely low levels of or is essentially free of colorants, metal ions, human proteins, fragments of albumin, polymers or aggregates of albumin, and viruses, and which is relatively non-glycated, relatively high in free thiol and with an intact C-terminus. The process comprises passing albumin (preferably expressed and secreted by transformed yeast) through two chromatography purifications, ultrafiltering the product, passing through two further chromatography steps and again ultrafiltering the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Delta Biotechnology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Berezenko, John R. Woodrow, Richard A. Johnson, Patricia C. Wood, Steven J. Burton, Alan V. Quirk, David St. J. Coghlan, Mark J. Wilson
  • High purity albumin and method of producing
    Patent number: 5728553
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of albumin which has extremely low levels of or is essentially free of colorants, metal ions, human proteins, fragments of albumin, polymers or aggregates of albumin, and viruses, and which is relatively non-glycated, relatively high in free thiol and with an intact C-terminus. The process comprises passing albumin (preferably expressed and secreted by transformed yeast) through two chromatography purifications, ultrafiltering the product, passing through two further chromatography steps and again ultrafiltering the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Delta Biotechnology Limited
    Inventors: Andrew R. Goodey, Darrell Sleep, Hendrik van Urk, Stephen Berezenko, John R. Woodrow, Richard A. Johnson, Patricia C. Wood, Steven J. Burton, Alan V. Quirk, David St. J. Coghlan, Mark J. Wilson