Patents by Inventor Ping-chuan Hu

Ping-chuan Hu 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).

  • Conjugates for introducing nucleic acid into higher eucaryotic cells
    Patent number: 5521291
    Abstract: Conjugates in which a virus is bound via an antibody to a substance having an affinity for nucleic acid, for transporting gene constructs into higher eucaryotic cells. Complexes of the conjugates and nucleic acid are internalized in the cell, whilst the virus as part of the complex brings about the internalization and the release of the contents of the endosomes, in which the complexes are located after entering the cell. Pharmaceutical preparations in which the nucleic acid is a therapeutically active gene construct, particularly for use in gene therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignees: Boehringer Ingelheim International, GmbH, Genentech, Inc., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: David T. Curiel, Ping-chuan Hu, Max L. Birnstiel, Matthew Cotten, Ernst Wagner