Patents by Inventor Robert Allen Payson

Robert Allen Payson 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).

  • Ketoreductase gene and protein from yeast
    Patent number: 6531308
    Abstract: The invention provides cloned ketoreductase genes, vectors for expressing same, recombinant host cells that express said vector-borne genes, a method for stereospecifically reducing a ketone using a recombinant ketoreductase, or a recombinant host cell that expresses a cloned ketoreductase gene, as well as a method for generating polynucleotide sequences more conducive to recombinant expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Charles Lee Hershberger, Robert Allen Payson
  • KETOREDUCTASE GENE AND PROTEIN FROM YEAST
    Publication number: 20020045233
    Abstract: The invention provides cloned ketoreductase genes, vectors for expressing same, recombinant host cells that express said vector-borne genes, a method for stereospecifically reducing a ketone using a recombinant ketoreductase, or a recombinant host cell that expresses a cloned ketoreductase gene, as well as a method for generating polynucleotide sequences more conducive to recombinant expression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 1999
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: CHARLES LEE HERSHBERGER, ROBERT ALLEN PAYSON