APRIL, 2011 Gene-Related Patents Issued - Full patent: http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm

CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

Pat No

Title

Assignee

Date Issued

Country

7,927,850

Composition containing trehalose synthase and methods of use thereof

Academia Sinica

19-Apr-11

Taiwan

7,932,056

Crustaceans as production systems for therapeutic proteins

Advanced Bionutrition

26-Apr-11

United States

7,919,282

Method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family with attenuated expression of the cpxR gene

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

5-Apr-11

Japan

7,927,844

L-glutamic acid-producing microorganism and a method for producing L-glutamic acid

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

19-Apr-11

Japan

7,927,817

Hybrid antibodies

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

19-Apr-11

United States

7,919,311

Compositions and methods for activating genes of interest

Black, Jr.; Charles Allen

5-Apr-11

United States

7,927,795

Gene expression profiling in primary ovarian serous papillary tumors and normal ovarian epithelium

Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas

19-Apr-11

United States

7,932,028

Probe set, probe immobilized carrier and method for detecting microorganisms

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

26-Apr-11

Japan

7,919,279

Methods and compositions for KIR genotyping

Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland

5-Apr-11

United States

7,919,240

Altered gene expression profiles in stable versus acute childhood asthma

Children's Hospital Medical Center

5-Apr-11

United States

7,927,860

Eballistra lineata CM602(KCTC 10945BP) and phytase produced therefrom

Chung Mi Bio Co., Ltd.

19-Apr-11

Korea

7,923,235

CIP1 polypeptides and their uses

Danisco US Inc.

12-Apr-11

United States

7,923,207

Apparatus and system having dry gene silencing pools

Dharmacon, Inc.

12-Apr-11

United States

7,923,206

Method of determining a cellular response to a biological agent

Dharmacon, Inc.

12-Apr-11

United States

7,927,826

Method for distinguishing follicular thyroid adenoma (FTA) from follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC)

Duke University

19-Apr-11

United States

7,923,233

Perhydrolase providing improved peracid stability

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

12-Apr-11

United States

7,927,854

Perhydrolase providing improved peracid stability

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

19-Apr-11

United States

7,932,072

Perhydrolase providing improved peracid stability

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

26-Apr-11

United States

7,919,235

Oligonucleotides for genotyping thymidylate synthase gene

F. Hoffman-La Roche AG

5-Apr-11

Switzerland

7,932,026

EGFR mutations

Genentech, Inc.

26-Apr-11

United States

7,919,251

Non-thiopurine methyltransferase related effects in 6-mercaptopurine therapy

Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

5-Apr-11

United Kingdom

7,927,803

Human MutY

Human Genome Sciences, Inc.

19-Apr-11

United States

7,919,269

Whitefly ecdysone receptor nucleic acids, polypeptides, and uses thereof

Intrexon Corporation

5-Apr-11

United States

7,932,087

Method of expressing recombinant protein in CHO cells

Lonza Biologics PLC

26-Apr-11

United Kingdom

7,927,870

DNA vaccine formulations

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

19-Apr-11

United States

7,919,246

SEMA4D in cancer diagnosis, detection and treatment

Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc

5-Apr-11

United States

7,927,799

Inhibitors of PGHS-2Transactivator activity

Ordway Research Institute

19-Apr-11

United States

7,919,313

Methods and compositions for inactivating alpha 1,6 fucosyltransferase (FUT8) gene expression

Sangamo Biosciences, Inc.

5-Apr-11

United States

7,932,071

Thermostable ribonuclease H from Archaeoglobus profundus

Takara Bio Inc.

26-Apr-11

Japan

7,919,260

Screening methods using GPR52

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

5-Apr-11

Japan

7,932,030

System for pulling out regulatory elements using yeast

The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

26-Apr-11

United States

7,927,794

Methods for identifying a biosynthetic pathway gene product

The Regents of the University of California

19-Apr-11

United States

7,927,800

Associations of polymorphisms in the fibroblast growth factor 8 (FGF8) and its haplotypes with carcass quality, growth and feed efficiency in beef cattle

University of Alberta

19-Apr-11

Canada

7,927,873

Polyamides for nucleic acid delivery

University of Cincinnati

19-Apr-11

United States

7,919,280

Method for isolation of DNA, RNA and proteins from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue specimens

University of Southern California

5-Apr-11

United States

7,923,243

Stress-responsive induction of a therapeutic agent and methods of use

University of Southern California

12-Apr-11

United States

7,932,036

Methods of determining acute myeloid leukemia response to treatment with farnesyltransferase

Veridex, LLC

26-Apr-11

United States

DATA PROCESSING

Pat No

Title

Assignee

Date Issued

Country

7,930,104

Predicting response to chemotherapy using gene expression markers

Genomic Health, Inc.

19-Apr-11

United States

7,921,068

Data mining platform for knowledge discovery from heterogeneous data types and/or heterogeneous data sources

Health Discovery Corporation

5-Apr-11

United States

DRUG

Pat No

Title

Assignee

Date Issued

Country

7,927,597

Methods to inhibit cell growth

Agensys, Inc.

19-Apr-11

United States

7,927,590

Compositions and methods for inhibiting growth of smad4-deficient cancers

Biogen Idec MA Inc.

19-Apr-11

United States

7,931,902

Gene disruptions, compositions and methods relating thereto

Genentech, Inc.

26-Apr-11

United States

7,927,630

Use of autologous sediment from fluid aspirates as vehicles for drug delivery

Johnson; Lanny L.

19-Apr-11

United States

7,927,603

Recombinant fusion-enzyme with repair activity on DNA lesions produced by UV radiation; its usage, preparation and purification method; a method to stabilize enzymes and treatment methods

Kerner; Nestor Alberto

19-Apr-11

Argentina

7,919,080

Immortalized hepatocyte cell line secreting modified insulin with glucose sensitivity

Kobayashi; Naoya

5-Apr-11

Japan

7,931,922

Methods for treating glioblastoma with herbal compositions

New Chapter Inc.

26-Apr-11

United States

7,927,586

Vaccine for porcine post-weaning diarrhea caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

South Dakota State University

19-Apr-11

United States

7,923,460

BRAF mutation T1796A in thyroid cancers

The Johns Hopkins University

12-Apr-11

United States

7,919,475

Compositions and methods for improving heart function

The Regents of The University of California

5-Apr-11

United States

7,931,891

Isolated myeloid-like bone marrow cell populations and methods of treatment therewith

The Scripps Research Institute

26-Apr-11

United States

7,928,082

Bispecific antisense oligonucleotides that inhibit IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-5 and methods of using same

The University of British Columbia

19-Apr-11

Canada

7,932,234

Bispecific oligonucleotide for the treatment of CNS malignancies

The University of British Columbia

26-Apr-11

Canada

7,931,893

Methods for producing and using in vivo pseudotyped retroviruses using envelope glycoproteins from lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)

University of Iowa Research Foundation

26-Apr-11

United States

7,923,436

Methods and compounds for controlled release of recombinant parvovirus vectors

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

12-Apr-11

United States

7,928,059

Use of neuropeptides for traumatic cartilage injury

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

19-Apr-11

United States

7,928,083

H19 silencing nucleic acid agents for treating rheumatoid arthritis

Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

19-Apr-11

Israel

MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS

Pat No

Title

Assignee

Date Issued

Country

7,928,293

Rice glutelin gene promoters

Academia Sinica

19-Apr-11

Taiwan

7,928,298

Tomatoes having reduced polygalacturonase activity caused by non-transgenic mutations in the polygalacturonase gene

Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.

19-Apr-11

United States

7,919,671

Method for testing a compound for a therapeutic effect and a diagnostic method

Chempath Oy

5-Apr-11

Filand

7,919,674

Transgenic mammal carrying GANP gene transferred thereinto and utilization thereof

Immunokick Incorporation

5-Apr-11

Japan

7,923,600

Generation of marker-free and backbone-free transgenic plants using a single binary approach

J.R. Simplot Company

12-Apr-11

United States

7,928,283

Transgenic reporter system that reveals expression profiles and regulation mechanisms of alternative splicing in nematodes

Kinopharma, Inc.

19-Apr-11

Japan

7,919,675

Marker mapping and resistance gene associations in soybean

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

5-Apr-11

United States

7,919,676

Msca1 nucleotide sequences impacting plant male fertility and method of using same

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

5-Apr-11

United States

7,928,286

Soybean gene for resistance to Aphis glycines

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

19-Apr-11

United States

7,932,434

Late blight resistance gene from wild potato

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

26-Apr-11

United States

NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES

Pat No

Title

Assignee

Date Issued

Country

7,928,196

Nucleic acid and corresponding protein entitled 125P5C8 useful in treatment and detection of cancer

Agensys, Inc.

19-Apr-11

United States

7,928,188

Antigen polypeptide for the diagnosis and/or treatment of ovarian cancer

Taipei Medical University

19-Apr-11

Taiwan

7,919,588

Netrin receptors

The Regents of the University of California

5-Apr-11

United States

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

Pat No

Title

Assignee

Date Issued

Country

7,923,543

Nucleic acid and corresponding protein entitled 162P1E6 useful in treatment and detection of cancer

Agensys, Inc.

12-Apr-11

United States

7,919,613

RNAi modulation of SCAP and therapeutic uses thereof

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

5-Apr-11

United States

7,928,217

Nuclease resistant double-stranded ribonucleic acid

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

19-Apr-11

United States

7,932,372

Antibodies to MAdCAM

Amgen Fremont Inc.

26-Apr-11

United States

7,923,548

Inhibition of chronic myelogenous leukemic cell growth by liposomal-antisense oligodeoxy-nucleotides targeting to Grb2 or Crk1

Board of Regents, The University of Texas System

12-Apr-11

United States

7,932,370

Sequence-determined DNA fragments encoding cyclopropyl isomerase proteins

Ceres, Inc.

26-Apr-11

United States

7,919,601

Identification and use of genes encoding holins and holin-like proteins in plants for the control of microbes and pests

Integrated Plant Genetics, Inc.

5-Apr-11

United States

7,919,611

Nucleotide primer set and nucleotide probe for detecting genotype of N-acetyltransferase-2 (NAT2)

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

5-Apr-11

Japan

7,928,206

Pharmaceutical composition comprising a thymidine kinase polynucleotide

Knecht; Wolfgang

19-Apr-11

Sweden

7,923,549

RNA interference mediated inhibition of interleukin and interleukin receptor gene expression using short interfering nucleic acid (siNA)

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

12-Apr-11

United States

7,928,220

RNA interference mediated inhibition of stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) gene expression using short interfering nucleic acid (siNA)

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

19-Apr-11

United States

7,928,219

RNA interference mediated inhibition of placental growth factor gene expression using short interfering nucleic acid (SINA)

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

19-Apr-11

United States

7,928,218

RNA interference mediated inhibition of polycomb group protein EZH2 gene expression using short interfering nucleic acid (siNA)

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

19-Apr-11

United States

7,919,608

Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants

Monsanto Technology LLC

5-Apr-11

United States

7,923,547

RNA interference mediated inhibition of gene expression using chemically modified short interfering nucleic acid (siNA)

Sirna Therapeutics, Inc.

12-Apr-11

United States

SURGERY

Pat No

Title

Assignee

Date Issued

Country

7,922,709

Enhanced delivery of naked DNA to skin by non-invasive in vivo electroporation

Genetronics, Inc.

12-Apr-11

United States