Patents by Inventor Vaijayanti A. Kumar

Vaijayanti A. Kumar 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).

  • Chiral, charged peptide nucleic acid oligomers from cyclic monomers
    Patent number: 7479536
    Abstract: A novel class of peptide nucleic acid compounds, which are positively charged, chiral analogs based on cyclic monomeric units, bind to complementary ssDNA, dsDNA and RNA strands with more affinity than the corresponding achiral, linear peptide nucleic acids, without compromising the binding sequence specificity and the compounds of this invention are more soluble in water than the standard peptide nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Vaijayanti A. Kumar, Moneesha D'Costa, Krishnarajanagar N. Ganesh