Patents by Inventor Paul John Carter

Paul John Carter 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).

  • Substrate assisted catalysis
    Patent number: 5652136
    Abstract: Novel enzyme mutants are disclosed which are derived from a precursor enzyme by replacing or modifying at least one catalytic functional group of an amino acid residue in a precursor enzyme. Such mutant enzymes have a catalytic preference for substrates which provide the replaced or modified catalytic group or its equivalent such that the substrate together with the enzyme mutant assists in its own catalysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Genencor International, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul John Carter, James Allen Wells