Patents by Inventor Sau-Ching Wu

Sau-Ching Wu 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).

  • Patent number: 9353161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new streptavidin muteins. This mutein is binds both streptavidin binding peptide tagged and biotin or biotinylated molecules, and does so in a reversible fashion. As such, it is stable enough to allow reuse, and producible with reasonable production yield via secretion in a soluble functional state without the requirement of refolding via the tedious and expensive denaturation and renaturation processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: UTI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Sui-Lam Wong, Sau-Ching Wu, Isabelle Barrette-Ng, Kenneth K-S. Ng
  • Publication number: 20140378657
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new streptavidin muteins. This mutein is binds both streptavidin binding peptide tagged and biotin or biotinylated molecules, and does so in a reversible fashion. As such, it is stable enough to allow reuse, and producible with reasonable production yield via secretion in a soluble functional state without the requirement of refolding via the tedious and expensive denaturation and renaturation processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: UTI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Sui-Lam Wong, Sau-Ching Wu, Isabelle Barrette-Ng, Kenneth K-S. Ng
  • Patent number: 8822640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new streptavidin muteins. This mutein is The muteins are capable of oligomerization to form tetramers, with relatively strong subunit interactions, dissociation constant (KD) for biotin in this mutein in the range of 10?7 to 10?8M, off-rate (koff) for the bound biotin in the streptavidin-biotin complex in the range of 10?4 sec?1, stable enough to allow reuse, and producible producable with reasonable production yield via secretion in a soluble functional state without the requirement of refolding streptavidin via the tedious and expensive denaturation and renaturation processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: UTI Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Sui-Lam Wong, Sau-Ching Wu, Isabelle Barrette-Ng, Ken Ng
  • Publication number: 20130035471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new streptavidin muteins. This mutein is The muteins are capable of oligomerization to form tetramers, with relatively strong subunit interactions, dissociation constant (KD) for biotin in this mutein in the range of 10?7 to 10?8M, off-rate (koff) for the bound biotin in the streptavidin-biotin complex in the range of 10?4 sec?1, stable enough to allow reuse, and producible producable with reasonable production yield via secretion in a soluble functional state without the requirement of refolding streptavidin via the tedious and expensive denaturation and renaturation processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Sui-Lam Wong, Sau-Ching Wu, Isabelle Barrette-Ng, Ken Ng
  • Patent number: 7704708
    Abstract: The invention includes a streptavidin mutein having at least one mutation chosen to cause one or more of steric hindrance, charge repulsion, or improvement of solubility by changing interfacial hydrophobic residues to less hydrophobic or hydrophilic residues. The mutein may exist in monomeric form even in the presence of biotin, and reversibly binds to biotin. The invention also includes polynucleotides encoding such muteins, expression systems and host cells for producing such muteins. The invention also includes a method of capturing biotinylated molecules using the muteins of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: UTI Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Sau-Ching Wu, Sui-Lam Wong
  • Publication number: 20080213801
    Abstract: The invention includes a streptavidin mutein having at least one mutation chosen to cause one or more of steric hindrance, charge repulsion, or improvement of solubility by changing interfacial hydrophobic residues to less hydrophobic or hydrophilic residues. The mutein may exist in monomeric form even in the presence of biotin, and reversibly binds to biotin. The invention also includes polynucleotides encoding such muteins, expression systems and host cells for producing such muteins. The invention also includes a method of capturing biotinylated molecules using the muteins of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: UTI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Sau-Ching Wu, Sui-Lam Wong
  • Patent number: 7265205
    Abstract: The invention includes a streptavidin mutein having at least one mutation chosen to cause one or more of steric hindrance, charge repulsion, or improvement of solubility by changing interfacial hydrophobic residues to less hydrophobic or hydrophilic residues. The mutein may exist in monomeric form even in the presence of biotin, and reversibly binds to biotin. The invention also includes polynucleotides encoding such muteins, expression systems and host cells for producing such muteins. The invention also includes a method of capturing biotinylated molecules using the muteins of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: UTI Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Sau-Ching Wu, Sui-Lam Wong
  • Publication number: 20060246519
    Abstract: The invention includes a streptavidin mutein having at least one mutation chosen to cause one or more of steric hindrance, charge repulsion, or improvement of solubility by changing interfacial hydrophobic residues to less hydrophobic or hydrophilic residues. The mutein may exist in monomeric form even in the presence of biotin, and reversibly binds to biotin. The invention also includes polynucleotides encoding such muteins, expression systems and host cells for producing such muteins. The invention also includes a method of capturing biotinylated molecules using the muteins of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Sau-Ching WU, Sui-Lam WONG