Patents by Inventor Yigong Bu

Yigong Bu 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).

  • Combinatorial libraries of autoinducer analogs, autoinducer agonists and antagonists, and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 7498292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid phase or solution phase combinatorial libraries of autoinducer analogs. The present invention also relates to autoinducer agonists and antagonists. In addition, the present invention relates to methods for identifying autoinducer agonists and antagonists, as well as methods for regulating the activity of an autoinducer receptor, regulating biofilm formation, regulating growth or virulence of an organism in a subject, inhibiting the quorum sensing mechanism of an organism, and treating an infection in a subject caused by an organism possessing a quorum sensing mechanism which use the autoinducer analogs of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Hiroaki Suga, Yigong Bu
  • COMBINATORIAL LIBRARIES OF AUTOINDUCER ANALOGS, AUTOINDUCER AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20080027115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid phase or solution phase combinatorial libraries of autoinducer analogs. The present invention also relates to autoinducer agonists and antagonists. In addition, the present invention relates to methods for identifying autoinducer agonists and antagonists, as well as methods for regulating the activity of an autoinducer receptor, regulating biofilm formation, regulating growth or virulence of an organism in a subject, inhibiting the quorum sensing mechanism of an organism, and treating an infection in a subject caused by an organism possessing a quorum sensing mechanism which use the autoinducer analogs of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Hiroaki SUGA, Yigong BU
  • Combinatorial libraries of autoinducer analogs, autoinducer agonists and antagonists, and methods of use thereof
    Publication number: 20040115732
    Abstract: The present invention relates to solid phase or solution phase combinatorial libraries of autoinducer analogs. The present invention also relates to autoinducer agonists and antagonists. In addition, the present invention relates to methods for identifying autoinducer agonists and antagonists, as well as methods for regulating the activity of an autoinducer receptor, regulating biofilm formation, regulating growth or virulence of an organism in a subject, inhibiting the quorum sensing mechanism of an organism, and treating an infection in a subject caused by an organism possessing a quorum sensing mechanism which use the autoinducer analogs of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroaki Suga, Yigong Bu