Patents by Inventor Thomas Grant Burdon

Thomas Grant Burdon 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).

  • Propagation and/or derivation of embryonic stem cells
    Patent number: 7595193
    Abstract: Embryonic stem (ES) cells are cultured in the presence of a compound which selectively inhibits propagation or survival of cells other than ES cells. The ES cells have not been genetically altered. Instead, the compound inhibits a signalling pathway which is essential for propagation of differentiated cells but is not essential for propagation of ES cells—hence ES cells are selectively maintained in the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: University of Edinburgh
    Inventors: Austin Gerard Smith, Thomas Grant Burdon
  • PROPAGATION AND/OR DERIVATION OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS
    Publication number: 20080293140
    Abstract: Embryonic stem (ES) cells are cultured in the presence of a compound which selectively inhibits propagation or survival of cells other than ES cells. The ES cells have not been genetically altered. Instead, the compound inhibits a signalling pathway which is essential for propagation of differentiated cells but is not essential for propagation of ES cells—hence ES cells are selectively maintained in the culture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: University of Edinburgh
    Inventors: Austin Gerard Smith, Thomas Grant Burdon
  • Propagation and/or derivation of embryonic stem cells
    Patent number: 7371573
    Abstract: Embryonic stem (ES) cells are cultured in the presence of a compound which selectively inhibits propagation or survival of cells other than ES cells. The ES cells have not been genetically altered. Instead, the compound inhibits a signalling pathway which is essential for propagation of differentiated cells but is not essential for propagation of ES cells—hence ES cells are selectively maintained in the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: University of Edinburgh
    Inventors: Austin Gerard Smith, Thomas Grant Burdon
  • Propagation and/or derivation of embryonic stem cells
    Patent number: 6875608
    Abstract: Embryonic stem (ES) cells are cultured in the presence of a compound which selectively inhibits propagation or survival of cells other than ES cells. The ES cells have not been genetically altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: University of Edinburgh
    Inventors: Austin Gerard Smith, Thomas Grant Burdon