Patents by Inventor Ratan Maitra

Ratan Maitra 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).

  • Method of cleaving specific strands of RNA and medical treatments thereby
    Patent number: 5677289
    Abstract: A method of using a chimeric molecule made up of an antisense oligonucleotide attached to a 2',5'-oligoadenylate molecule to specifically cleave a sense strand of RNA, wherein the antisense oligonucleotide of the chimeric molecule is hybridized to the sense strand of RNA in the presence of 2',5'-dependent RNase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignees: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, The United States of America
    Inventors: Paul Torrence, Robert Silverman, Ratan Maitra, Krystyna Lesiak
  • Method of cleaving specific strands of RNA
    Patent number: 5583032
    Abstract: A method of using a chimeric molecule made up of an antisense oligonucleotide attached to a 2',5'-oligoadenylate molecule to specifically cleave a sense strand of RNA, wherein the antisense oligonucleotide of the chimeric molecule is hybridized to the sense strand of RNA in the presence of 2',5'-dependent RNase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1996
    Assignee: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and National Institutes of Health
    Inventors: Paul Torrence, Robert Silverman, Ratan Maitra, Krystyna Lesiak