Patents by Inventor Thien-Fah Mah

Thien-Fah Mah 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).

  • Bacterial glycosyltransferase polypeptides involved in antibiotic resistance
    Patent number: 7109294
    Abstract: Disclosed are various genes encoding proteins that are shown to play a role, direct or indirect, in microbial resistance of an organism in a biofilm and homologs thereof. Also disclosed are methods of identifying a compound that modulates microbial resistance of an organism in a biofilm, and methods of identifying genes that encode proteins that play a role, direct or indirect, in biofilm resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Trustees of Dartmouth College
    Inventors: George A. O'Toole, Thien-Fah Mah
  • Methods to study and mechanisms of biofilm-related antibiotic resistance
    Publication number: 20030166030
    Abstract: Disclosed are various genes encoding proteins that are shown to play a role, direct or indirect, in microbial resistance of an organism in a biofilm and homologs thereof. Also disclosed are methods of identifying a compound that modulates microbial resistance of an organism in a biofilm, and methods of identifying genes that encode proteins that play a role, direct or indirect, in biofilm resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: George A. O'Toole, Thien-Fah Mah