Patents by Inventor Steve Kolvek

Steve Kolvek 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).

  • Genetically modified bacterial strains and novel vectors for use in expressing and assaying natural products
    Publication number: 20030143745
    Abstract: Provided herein are heretofore-unknown strains of Streptomyces that are unable to express undecylprodrodigiosin, actinorhodin, or both, as well as novel vectors that permit the creation of chromosomal mutations in Streptomyces and do not insert selection markers in the genome of Streptomyces, along with vectors and methods for transferring large segments of DNA into the Streptomyces and Psuedomonas chromosome by conjugation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Asuncion Martinez, Steve Kolvek