Patents by Inventor Robert E. Feeney

Robert E. Feeney 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).

  • Prevention of leakage and phase separation during thermotropic phase transition in liposomes and biological cells
    Patent number: 5869092
    Abstract: Leakage from liposomes or biological cells and structural damage, which occur upon cooling through the thermotropic phase transition temperature and upon storage at temperatures below the phase transition temperature are reduced or eliminated by incorporating thermal hysteresis proteins in the liposome or cell structure. Preferred thermal hysteresis proteins are antifreeze proteins and antifreeze glycoproteins from polar fish species, and chromatographic fraction no. 8 of antifreeze glycoproteins has been found to be particularly effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Lisa M. Hays, John H. Crowe, Lois M. Crowe, Robert E. Feeney, Ann E. Oliver