Patents by Inventor Tang K. Tang

Tang K. Tang 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).

  • Methods and compositions for destabilizing microtubules
    Patent number: 7449563
    Abstract: Polypeptides that comprise an approximately 100-amino acid residue region of a centrosomal P4.1-associated protein (CPAP) that possess microtubule-destabilizing activity, polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, compositions comprising the polypeptides and polynucleotides, and methods of use thereof, are disclosed. The invention is useful for destabilizing microtubules in eukaryotic cells, including but not limited to cancer cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Tang K. Tang, Liang-Yi Hung, Ching-Wen Chang
  • Methods and compositions for destabilizing microtubules
    Patent number: 6864238
    Abstract: Polypeptides that comprise an approximately 100-amino acid residue region of a centrosomal P4.1-associated protein (CPAP) that possess microtubule-destabilizing activity, polynucleotides encoding such polypeptides, compositions comprising the polypeptides and polynucleotides, and methods of use thereof, are disclosed. The invention is useful for destabilizing microtubules in eukaryotic cells, including but not limited to cancer cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Tang K. Tang, Liang-Yi Hung, Ching-Wen Chang