Patents by Inventor Robert David Possee

Robert David Possee 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).

  • Baculovirus expression system
    Patent number: 8252278
    Abstract: Described herein are baculovirus vectors, host cells containing the baculovirus vectors, methods of using the baculovirus vectors for cloning genes, and kits containing the baculovirus vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Oxford Brookes University, Natural Environment Research Council
    Inventors: Robert David Possee, Linda Anne King
  • Baculovirus Expression System
    Publication number: 20080254528
    Abstract: Described herein are baculovirus vectors, host cells containing the baculovirus vectors, methods of using the baculovirus vectors for cloning genes, and kits containing the baculovirus vectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Robert David Possee, Linda Anne King
  • Baculovirus expression system
    Patent number: 7413732
    Abstract: The application relates for method for cloning the gene comprising the steps of: 1. Providing a replication-deficient baculovirus vector, 2. Providing a rescue vector comprising (a) nucleic acid sequence which is capable of restoring replication in the replication-deficient baculovirus vector and (b) at least one gene to be cloned; 3. Causing the replication-deficient baculovirus vector and rescue vector to recombine to produce a replication-enabled baculovirus vector comprising the at least one gene to be cloned; and 4. Growing the replication-enabled baculovirus vector within a suitable invertebrate cell, such as an insect cell. Preferably the baculovirus vector is based upon AcMNPV. Also disclosed are replication-deficient baculovirus vectors, rescue vectors, cells containing such vectors and kits comprising such vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignees: Oxford Brookes University, Natural Environment Research Council
    Inventors: Robert David Possee, Linda Anne King
  • Biological control agents
    Patent number: 5770192
    Abstract: A recombinant baculovirus which, in insect cells infected therewith, expresses a foreign protein comprising an insecticidal toxin, or a functional derivative thereof, provided with a signal peptide such that the toxin or derivative thereof is secreted from the insect cells. This recombinant baculovirus can be used in insect control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignees: Roussel-Uclaf, Natural Environment Research Council
    Inventors: Patricia Jane Cayley, Lorna Mary Dyet Stewart, Robert David Possee, Miguel Lopez Ferber