Patents by Inventor Philip N. Taylor

Philip N. Taylor 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).

  • Improvements in or relating to DNA cloning techniques and products for use therewith
    Patent number: 5604122
    Abstract: A method of cloning foreign DNA into a DNA vector comprising ligating:(1) a DNA vector having a single stranded DNA overhang at each end, said overhangs being mutually incompatible so as to prevent self-religation, with(2) a linear piece of foreign DNA having a single stranded DNA overhang at each end,each foreign DNA overhang being complementary to but at least one base shorter than each of the vector overhangs and being capable of base pairing along the entire length of the overhang with one of the vector overhangs, and sealing the gap by either transforming the double stranded DNA having a gap therein into a suitable bacterium or transfecting it into a suitable bacterium after packaging it into a suitable bacteriophage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: The University of Hull
    Inventor: Philip N. Taylor
  • Process for purification and concentration of sulfuric acid
    Patent number: 5275701
    Abstract: A process for the purification and concentration of sulfuric acid contained with nitric acid by-products and organic components pursuant to the mixed acid nitration of aromatics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Mazzafro, Stephen I. Clarke, Philip N. Taylor