Patents by Inventor Walter Henry Günzburg

Walter Henry Günzburg 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).

  • Non self-inactivating, expression targeted retroviral vectors
    Patent number: 7531353
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a retroviral vector undergoing promoter conversion comprising a 5?LTR region of the structure U3-R-U5; one or more sequences selected from coding and non-coding sequences; and a 3?LTR region comprising a completely or partially deleted U3 region wherein said deleted U3 region is replaced by a polylinker sequence, followed by the R and U5 region. The retroviral vector undergoes promoter conversion and is useful as a gene transfer vehicle for targeted gene therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: GSF-Forschungszentrum fur Unwelt und Gesundheit GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Henry Günzburg, Robert Michael Saller