Patents by Inventor Steven Fund

Steven Fund 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).

  • Nucleosides possessing blocked aliphatic amino groups
    Patent number: 5015733
    Abstract: The invention consists of compounds and methods for the synthesis of oligonucleotides which contain one or more free aliphatic amino groups attached to the sugar moieties of the nucleoside subunits. The synthetic method is versatile and general, permitting amino groups to be selectively placed at any position on oligonucleotides of any composition or length which is attainable by current DNA synthetic methods. Fluorescent dyes or other detectable moieites may be covalently attached to the amino groups to yield the corresponding modified oligonucleotide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1991
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Lloyd M. Smith, Steven Fund, Robert J. Kaiser, Jr.