Patents by Inventor Sylvie Berrard

Sylvie Berrard 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).

  • RNAi mediated expression inhibition of a cholinergic protein
    Patent number: 8071753
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences producing at least one functional miRNA, at least one functional shRNA and/or at least one functional siRNA, said miRNA, shRNA or siRNA being designed to silence the expression of a gene that encodes a cholinergic protein. The present invention further relates to compositions and kits comprising such nucleic acid sequences as well as to uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Sylvie Berrard, Marie José Lecomte, Jacques Mallet, Julie Santamaria
  • RNAi MEDIATED EXPRESSION INHIBITION OF A CHOLINERGIC PROTEIN
    Publication number: 20100100978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences producing at least one functional miRNA, at least one functional shRNA and/or at least one functional siRNA, said miRNA, shRNA or siRNA being designed to silence the expression of a gene that encodes a cholinergic protein. The present invention further relates to compositions and kits comprising such nucleic acid sequences as well as to uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Sylvie Berrard, Marie José Lecomte, Jacques Mallet, Julie Santamaria
  • Recombinant expression of the rat vesicular acetylcholine transporter
    Patent number: 6235497
    Abstract: A nucleic sequence coding for a protein involved in the vesicular transport of acetylcholine, the corresponding protein and the promoter sequences implicated in expressing said protein are disclosed. The invention also discloses expression vectors containing said sequence and the therapeutic use of said sequence or said vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Rorer S.A.
    Inventors: Stéphane Bejanin, Sylvie Berrard, Riccardo Cervini, Jacques Mallet