Patents by Inventor Wesley I. Sundquist

Wesley I. Sundquist 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).

  • Engineering Virus-like Nanocarriers for Biomolecule Delivery
    Publication number: 20200140493
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are modified capsid proteins comprising a capsid forming protein, a membrane binding element and an ESCRT-recruiting element, wherein at least one of the membrane binding element and the ESCRT-recruiting element is heterologous to the capsid forming protein. Disclosed are capsids comprising a plurality of modified capsid proteins. Disclosed are multimeric assemblies comprising a plurality of capsids within a membrane. Also disclosed are modified non-enveloped viruses comprising a capsid wherein the capsid comprises a plurality of modified capsid proteins, wherein the plurality of modified capsid proteins comprise a capsid forming protein, a membrane binding element and an ESCRT-recruiting element, wherein at least one of the membrane binding element and the ESCRT-recruiting element is heterologous to the modified capsid protein, wherein the capsid forming protein is a capsid forming protein of a non-enveloped virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Jörg Philip Votteler, Wesley I. Sundquist, Neil P. King
  • Attenuated protein expression vectors and associated methods
    Patent number: 10358655
    Abstract: A non-natural modified CMV promoter is provided. Such a promoter can include a promoter nucleotide sequence that is at least 80% homologous to a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID 01, SEQ ID 02, SEQ ID 03, SEQ ID 04, SEQ ID 05, SEQ ID 06, SEQ ID 07, and compliments thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Wesley I. Sundquist, Eiji Morita, Jun Arii