Patents by Inventor Thomas L. Dawson

Thomas L. Dawson 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).

  • Isolated DNA encoding c-mer protooncogene
    Patent number: 5585269
    Abstract: Isolated DNAs encoding a mammalian c-mer receptor which exhibits c-mer protooncogene activity and tyrosine kinase activity are disclosed. Also disclosed are vectors containing such DNAs, host cells containing such DNAs, c-mer receptor proteins, and soluble axl receptors, chimeric proteins including the extracellular domain of the c-mer receptor and DNAs encoding such chimeric proteins, and antibodies which specifically bind the c-mer receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: H. Shelton Earp, III, Doug Graham, Thomas L. Dawson, David L. Mullaney, Hiram R. Snodgrass