Patents by Inventor Samuel Driver

Samuel Driver 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).

  • Genetic inhibition by double-stranded RNA
    Publication number: 20080081373
    Abstract: A process is provided of introducing an RNA into a living cell to inhibit gene expression of a target gene in that cell. The process may be practiced ex vivo or in vivo. The RNA has a region with double-stranded structure. Inhibition is sequence-specific in that the nucleotide sequences of the duplex region of the RNA and of a portion of the target gene are identical. The present invention is distinguished from prior art interference in gene expression by antisense or triple-strand methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicants: The Carnegie Institution of Washington, The University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Andrew Fire, Stephen Kostas, Mary Montgomery, Lisa Timmons, SiQun Xu, Hiroaki Tabara, Samuel Driver, Craig Mello
  • Genetic inhibition by double-stranded RNA
    Publication number: 20080050342
    Abstract: A process is provided of introducing an RNA into a living cell to inhibit gene expression of a target gene in that cell. The process may be practiced ex vivo or in vivo. The RNA has a region with double-stranded structure. Inhibition is sequence-specific in that the nucleotide sequences of the duplex region of the RNA and of a portion of the target gene are identical. The present invention is distinguished from prior art interference in gene expression by antisense or triple-strand methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Fire, Stephen Kostas, Mary Montgomery, Lisa Timmons, SiQun Xu, Hiroaki Tabara, Samuel Driver, Craig Mello