Patents by Inventor Paula I. Watnick

Paula I. Watnick 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).

  • Publication number: 20220023270
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of infections resulting from antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: The Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Paula I. WATNICK, Julie Szu YU
  • Patent number: 11071779
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure provide engineered exopolysaccharide-associated proteins, engineered bacteria expressing such proteins, and engineered biofilms comprising such proteins. Some aspects of this disclosure provide methods for engineering exopolysaccharide-associated proteins, and for the generation of engineered bacteria and biofilms expressing or comprising such proteins. Some aspects of this disclosure provide compositions and methods useful for the generation of vaccines and the vaccination of subjects, for delivering molecules of interest to a target site, for example, a surface, for purification of molecules of interest, for example, from bioreactors comprising engineered bacteria as provided herein, and for bioremediation applications, such as the cleanup of environmental pollutants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Paula I. Watnick, Szu Yu Liao
  • Publication number: 20200268867
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure provide engineered exopolysaccharide-associated proteins, engineered bacteria expressing such proteins, and engineered biofilms comprising such proteins. Some aspects of this disclosure provide methods for engineering exopolysaccharide-associated proteins, and for the generation of engineered bacteria and biofilms expressing or comprising such proteins. Some aspects of this disclosure provide compositions and methods useful for the generation of vaccines and the vaccination of subjects, for delivering molecules of interest to a target site, for example, a surface, for purification of molecules of interest, for example, from bioreactors comprising engineered bacteria as provided herein, and for bioremediation applications, such as the cleanup of environmental pollutants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Paula I. Watnick, Szu Yu Liao
  • Patent number: 10722569
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure provide engineered exopolysaccharide-associated proteins, engineered bacteria expressing such proteins, and engineered biofilms comprising such proteins. Some aspects of this disclosure provide methods for engineering exopolysaccharide-associated proteins, and for the generation of engineered bacteria and biofilms expressing or comprising such proteins. Some aspects of this disclosure provide compositions and methods useful for the generation of vaccines and the vaccination of subjects, for delivering molecules of interest to a target site, for example, a surface, for purification of molecules of interest, for example, from bioreactors comprising engineered bacteria as provided herein, and for bioremediation applications, such as the cleanup of environmental pollutants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventor: Paula I. Watnick
  • Publication number: 20160331719
    Abstract: Provided herein are pure and isolated natural products and analogs thereof of Formula (I), (II), (III), and (IV), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use, for example, for treating a bacterial infection. Further provided are methods useful in identifying an inhibitor of bacterial sugar fermentation in a bacterial strain, such as a compound (inhibitor) of Formula (I), (II), (III), or (IV): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicants: Children's Medical Center Corporation, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Paula I. Watnick, Patrick Ymele-Leki, Jon Clardy, Shugeng Cao
  • Patent number: 9359275
    Abstract: Provided herein are pure and isolated natural products and analogs thereof of Formula (I), (II), (III), and (IV), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use, for example, for treating a bacterial infection. Further provided are methods useful in identifying an inhibitor of bacterial sugar fermentation in a bacterial strain, such as a compound (inhibitor) of Formula (I), (II), (III), or (IV): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: Children's Medical Center Corporation, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Paula I. Watnick, Patrick Ymele-Leki, Jon Clardy, Shugeng Cao
  • Publication number: 20150150959
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure provide engineered exopolysaccharide-associated proteins, engineered bacteria expressing such proteins, and engineered biofilms comprising such proteins. Some aspects of this disclosure provide methods for engineering exopolysaccharide-associated proteins, and for the generation of engineered bacteria and biofilms expressing or comprising such proteins. Some aspects of this disclosure provide compositions and methods useful for the generation of vaccines and the vaccination of subjects, for delivering molecules of interest to a target site, for example, a surface, for purification of molecules of interest, for example, from bioreactors comprising engineered bacteria as provided herein, and for bioremediation applications, such as the cleanup of environmental pollutants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventor: Paula I. Watnick
  • Publication number: 20130245130
    Abstract: Provided herein are pure and isolated natural products and analogs thereof of Formula (I), (II), (III), and (IV), pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use, for example, for treating a bacterial infection. Further provided are methods useful in identifying an inhibitor of bacterial sugar fermentation in a bacterial strain, such as a compound (inhibitor) of Formula (I), (II), (III), or (IV): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicants: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Paula I. Watnick, Patrick Ymele-Leki, Jon Clardy, Shugeng Cao