Patents by Inventor Raval-Fernandes Sujna

Raval-Fernandes Sujna 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).

  • Vault and vault-like carrier molecules
    Patent number: 8933203
    Abstract: A method of using vaults as carrier molecules to deliver one or more than one substance to an organism, or to a specific tissue or to specific cells, or to an environmental medium. A vault-like particle. A method of preventing damage by one or more than one substance to an organism, to a specific tissue, to specific cells, or to an environmental medium, by sequestering the one or more than one substance within a vault-like particle. A method of delivering one or more than one substance or a sensor to an organism, to a specific tissue, to specific cells, or to an environmental medium. According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of making vault-like particles, and making vault-like particles comprising one or more than one substance, or one or more than one sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Leonard H. Rome, Valerie A. Kickhoefer, Raval-Fernandes Sujna, Phoebe L. Stewart