Patents by Inventor Sylvia L. Harwig, deceased

Sylvia L. Harwig, deceased 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).

  • Clavanins
    Patent number: 6010876
    Abstract: Novel microbial peptides called clavanins are of the formulaX'.sub.1 X.sub.2 B'.sub.3 X.sub.4 X.sub.5 U.sub.6 B.sub.7 X.sub.8 X.sub.9 B.sub.10 B.sub.11 X.sub.12 U.sub.13 Z.sub.14 X.sub.15 X.sub.16 B*.sub.17 U.sub.18 X.sub.19 U.sub.20 B.sub.21 X.sub.22 X.sub.23 ( 1)(SEQ ID NO: 1)including the salts, esters, amides and acylated forms thereofwherein X is a hydrophobic amino acid residue or modified form thereof;X' is a small or a hydrophobic amino acid residue or a modified form thereof;B is a basic amino acid residue or modified form thereof;B' is basic or a polar/large amino acid residue or modified form thereof; andB* is a basic or a hydrophobic amino acid residue or a modified form thereof;U is a small amino acid residue or modified form thereof;Z is a polar/large amino acid residue or modified form thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Robert I. Lehrer, Sylvia L. Harwig, deceased, Chengquan Zhao, In-Hee Lee