Patents by Inventor Val Burland

Val Burland 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).

  • CLEAN GENOME BACTOFECTION
    Publication number: 20110165680
    Abstract: Methods for introducing and expressing genes in animal cells are provided comprising infecting the animal cells with live invasive reduced-genome bacteria comprising a eukaryotic expression cassette comprising said gene. Also provided are methods for producing a pluripotent stem (iPS) cell from a mammalian somatic cell comprising infecting the somatic cell with live invasive reduced-genome bacteria comprising one or more eukaryotic expression cassettes comprising at least a gene encoding the transcription factor Oct3/4 and a gene encoding a member of the SRY-related HMG-box (Sox) transcription factor family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Scarab Genomics, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick R. Blattner, Val Burland, Charles Landy, Nian-Qing Shi, Buffy Stahl