Patents by Inventor Robert B. Rawson

Robert B. Rawson 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).

  • Sterol-regulated Site-1 protease and assays of modulators thereof
    Patent number: 6322962
    Abstract: The invention provides assays for the identification of modulators of Site-1 protease. Further provided by the invention are expression constructs and the transgenic cells useful for the development of such assays for Site-1 specific protease. The cells allow the implementation of in vitro assays for potential modulators of Site-specific proteases. Still further provided by the invention are in vitro assays employing Site-1 protease which has been isolated from cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Michael S. Brown, Dong Cheng, Peter J. Espenshade, Joseph L. Goldstein, Robert B. Rawson, Juro Sakai