Patents by Inventor Wolf-Dietrich Heyer

Wolf-Dietrich Heyer 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).

  • Detection of DNA damaging agents
    Patent number: 7049071
    Abstract: Recombinant DNA molecules comprising a regulatory element that activates gene expression in response to DNA damage operatively linked to a DNA sequence that encodes a light emitting reporter protein, recombinant vectors containing such DNA molecules and cells containing the DNA molecules or recombinant vectors. A method of detecting for the presence of an agent that causes or potentiates DNA damage is also disclosed which involves subjecting the above-described cells to a putative DNA damaging agent and monitoring the expression of the light emitting reporter protein from the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Richard Maurice Walmsley, Wolf-Dietrich Heyer
  • Detection of DNA damaging agents
    Publication number: 20030049690
    Abstract: Recombinant DNA molecules comprising a regulatory element that activates gene expression in response to DNA damage operatively linked to a DNA sequence that encodes a light emitting reporter protein, recombinant vectors containing such DNA molecules and cells containing the DNA molecules or recombinant vectors. A method of detecting for the presence of an agent that causes or potentiates DNA damage is also disclosed which involves subjecting the above-described cells to a putative DNA damaging agent and monitoring the expression of the light emitting reporter protein from the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Applicant: Gentronix Limited
    Inventors: Richard Maurice Walmsley, Wolf-Dietrich Heyer
  • Detection of DNA damaging agents
    Patent number: 6489099
    Abstract: Recombinant DNA molecules comprising a regulatory element that activates gene expression in response to DNA damage operatively linked to a DNA sequence that encodes a light emitting reporter protein, recombinant vectors containing such DNA molecules and cells containing the DNA molecules or recombinant vectors. A method of detecting for the presence of an agent that causes or potentiates DNA damage is also disclosed which involves subjecting the above-described cells to a putative DNA damaging agent and monitoring the expression of the light emitting reporter protein from the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Gentronix Limited
    Inventors: Richard Maurice Walmsley, Wolf Dietrich Heyer