Patents

Patents for November 2009

Australia

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,615,342	ACTN3 genotype screen for athletic performance	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Genetic Technologies Limited	10-Nov-09
7,619,105	Modified cottonseed oil	ORGANIC COMPOUNDS	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation	17-Nov-09

Canada

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,622,111	Fusion protein of human IgG1 heavy chain constant region and scFv antibody against equine encephalitis virus	DRUG	Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence	24-Nov-09
7,615,681	Methods for modifying plant responses to stress and correspondingly derived plants	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	National Research Council of Canada	10-Nov-09
7,619,063	Chimeric immunogens	NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES	Sanofi Pasteur Limited	17-Nov-09

Chile

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,622,109	Plant gene and uses thereof	DRUG	Vitrogen SA	24-Nov-09

Denmark

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,622,453	Oligomeric compounds for the modulation of Bcl-2	DRUG	Santaris Pharma A/S	24-Nov-09

Finland

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,611,902	Diagnostic method for myopathy	CHEMISTRY: ANALYTICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL TESTING	Zora Biosciences Oy	3-Nov-09

France

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,622,249	Method for diagnosing and/or predicting of a septic syndrome	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Biomerieux	24-Nov-09
7,622,266	Identification of a synthetic ligand for retinoic acid receptor beta	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Institut Pasteur	24-Nov-09

Germany

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,622,301	Compositions and methods using RNA interference for control of nematodes	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	BASF Plant Science GmbH	24-Nov-09
7,622,292	Regulation of human transmembrane serine protease	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Bayer Schering Pharma AG	24-Nov-09
7,618,798	Alginate gel scaffold having a plurality of continuous parallel microtubular copper capillaries	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Evonik Degussa GmbH	17-Nov-09
7,615,679	Method of producing polyunsaturated fatty acids, novel biosynthesis genes, and novel plant expression constructs	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	BASF Plant Science GmbH	10-Nov-09

India

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,622,636	Dehydrin gene from Avicennia marina responsible for conferring salt tolerance in plants	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation	24-Nov-09

Italy

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,611,868	Recombinant modified adenovirus fiber protein	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Instituto di Ricerche di Biologia Molecolare P. Angeletti S.p.A.	3-Nov-09

Japan

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,618,804	Method for producing L-amino acid using bacteria belonging to the genus Escherichia	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	17-Nov-09
7,618,803	Method for producing L-amino acid using bacteria belonging to the genus Escherichia	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	17-Nov-09
7,622,270	Methods of isolating dopaminergic neuron precursor cells	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Eisai R&D Management Co., Ltd.	24-Nov-09
7,622,297	Pharmaceutical use of .alpha. antigen or .alpha. antigen gene	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Maruho Co., Ltd.	24-Nov-09
7,615,341	Disease susceptibility gene for rheumatoid arthritis, protein thereof, evaluation method and evaluation kit for evaluating onset possibility of rheumatoid arthritis by using those, and remedy and curing medicine for rheumatoid arthritis	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Shiozawa; Shunichi	10-Nov-09
7,622,291	Agarase and gene thereof	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Takara Bio Inc.	24-Nov-09
7,618,800	Glycerol kinase, which has high resistance against preservative	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Toyo Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha	17-Nov-09
7,619,136	Technique for extending biological sugar chain via introduction of glycosyltransferase gene	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology	17-Nov-09
7,619,135	Seed-specific promoter from the rice glutelin GluB-4 gene and uses thereof	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences	17-Nov-09
7,619,080	Oligonucleotides of a chicken leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) gene	ORGANIC COMPOUNDS	Hiroshima University	17-Nov-09

Korea

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,611,841	Method for detecting methylation of promoter using restriction enzyme and DNA chip	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Genomictree, Inc.	3-Nov-09
7,611,888	Rotaxane compound, rotaxane-bonded solid substrate, and biochip using the same	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Postech Foundation	3-Nov-09

Switzerland

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,622,555	Cytokine antagonist molecules	NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES	Ares Trading S.A.	24-Nov-09

Taiwan

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,615,362	Isolated xylanase gene with mutations and site-specific mutagenesis method thereof	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	National Pingtung University of Science & Technology	10-Nov-09

United Kingdom

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,611,883	Plasmid maintenance	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Cobra Biologics Limited	3-Nov-09
7,622,258	Screening methods and sequences relating thereto	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	University College Cardiff Consultants Limited	24-Nov-09
7,615,612	Polypeptide	NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES	Oxford Biomedica (UK) Limited	10-Nov-09

United States

Patent Number	Title	Category	Assignee	Date Issued
7,615,379	Nucleic acid and corresponding protein entitled 193P1E1B useful in treatment and detection of cancer	CHEMISTRY: ANALYTICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL TESTING	Agensys, Inc.	10-Nov-09
7,622,280	Emulsion compositions	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	454 Life Sciences Corporation	24-Nov-09
7,615,353	Tivozanib response prediction	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	10-Nov-09
7,622,251	Molecular indicators of breast cancer prognosis and prediction of treatment response	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Genomic Health, Inc.	24-Nov-09
7,615,349	Melanoma gene signature	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Inc.	10-Nov-09
7,622,300	Trans-lentiviral vector particles and transduction of eukaryotic cells therewith	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Kappes; John C.	24-Nov-09
7,618,778	Producing, cataloging and classifying sequence tags	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Kaufman; Joseph C.	17-Nov-09
7,618,781	Nucleic acids for detecting B-cell malignancy	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research	17-Nov-09
7,611,879	27877, 18080, 14081, 32140, 50352, 16658, 14223, 16002, 50566, 65552 and 65577 molecules and uses therefor	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	3-Nov-09
7,618,783	Anthrax specific antibodies	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Tetracore, Inc.	17-Nov-09
7,622,260	Diagnostic and prognostic tests	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.	24-Nov-09
7,611,870	Methods for identifying cancer risk	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	3-Nov-09
7,618,793	Identifying agents for decreasing cellular toxicity associated with huntingin polypeptide	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	The Regents of the University of Washington	17-Nov-09
7,618,819	Use of pseudogene insertion sites to create novel traits in transgenic organisms	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	University of Hawaii	17-Nov-09
7,618,815	Viral vectors useful in soybean and methods of use	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	University of Kentucky Research Foundation	17-Nov-09
7,618,774	Materials and methods for identifying genes and/or agents that alter replicative lifespan	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	University of Rochester	17-Nov-09
7,622,271	Identification of aging genes through large-scale analysis	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	University of Washington	24-Nov-09
7,611,833	Yeast genes that affect viral replication	CHEMISTRY: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY	Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation	3-Nov-09
7,618,633	Antibodies that bind CD40 and methods of treating cancer and enhancing immune responses	DRUG	Amgen Fremont Inc.	17-Nov-09
7,622,081	Integrated active flux microfluidic devices and methods	DRUG	California Institute of Technology	24-Nov-09
7,618,629	Manipulation of cytokine levels using CD83 gene products	DRUG	Celltech R&D, Inc.	17-Nov-09
7,615,541	siRNA targeting TIE-2	DRUG	Dharmacon, Inc.	10-Nov-09
7,622,142	Methods for treating glioblastoma with herbal compositions	DRUG	New Chapter Inc.	24-Nov-09
7,622,123	Attenuated human-bovine chimeric parainfluenza virus (PIV) vaccines	DRUG	The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services	24-Nov-09
7,622,630	Chimeric cancer models	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	24-Nov-09
7,612,252	Homeotic genes and proteins, uses thereof	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	Benfey; Philip	3-Nov-09
7,622,633	Genetic inhibition by double-stranded RNA	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	Carnegie Institution of Washington	24-Nov-09
7,615,685	Methods of producing human or animal food from stably transformed, fertile maize plants	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	Dekalb Genetics Corporation	10-Nov-09
7,615,680	Temporal seed promoters for expressing genes in plants	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	Monsanto Technology LLC	10-Nov-09
7,612,258	Nucleic acid molecules associated with plant cell proliferation and growth and uses thereof	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	Monsanto Technology LLC	3-Nov-09
7,619,133	Polynucleotides and methods for making plants resistant to fungal pathogens	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.	17-Nov-09
7,612,256	Isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the Br2 P-glycoprotein of maize and methods of modifying growth in plants transformed therewith	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.	3-Nov-09
7,615,676	Transgenic screen and method for screening modulators of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) production	MULTICELLULAR LIVING ORGANISMS	U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs	10-Nov-09
7,612,172	Nucleic acids and corresponding proteins entitled 282P1G3 useful in treatment and detection of cancer	NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES	Agensys, Inc.	3-Nov-09
7,612,170	Co-stimulatory polypeptides	NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES	Maxygen, Inc.	3-Nov-09
7,612,167	Human hematopoietic growth regulatory gene product	NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES	The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois	3-Nov-09
7,612,171	DB, the receptor for leptin, nucleic acids encoding the receptor, and uses thereof	NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES	The Rockefeller University	3-Nov-09
7,619,057	MHC class II restricted T cell epitopes from the cancer antigen, NY ESO-1	NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES	The United States of America as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services	17-Nov-09
7,622,561	IL-21 production in prokaryotic hosts	NATURAL RESINS OR DERIVATIVES	ZymoGenetics, Inc.	24-Nov-09
7,622,564	Prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) variants and subsequences thereof	ORGANIC COMPOUNDS	Agensys, Inc.	24-Nov-09
7,622,569	Nucleic acid and corresponding protein entitled 98P4B6 useful in treatment and detection of cancer	ORGANIC COMPOUNDS	Agensys, Inc.	24-Nov-09
7,612,196	siRNA targeting cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B (p27, Kip1) (CDKN1B)	ORGANIC COMPOUNDS	Dharmacon, Inc.	3-Nov-09
7,619,081	siRNA targeting coatomer protein complex, subunit beta 2 (COPB2)	ORGANIC COMPOUNDS	Dharmacon, Inc.	17-Nov-09
7,612,194	Nucleic acid sequences from Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte and uses thereof	ORGANIC COMPOUNDS	Monsanto Technology LLC	3-Nov-09
7,622,574	IL-14.alpha. RNA inhibitors and antibodies to IL-14.alpha. for treatment of autoimmune diseases and lymphomas	ORGANIC COMPOUNDS	The Research Foundation of State University of New York	24-Nov-09
7,619,079	Db, the receptor for leptin, nucleic acids encoding the receptor, and uses thereof	ORGANIC COMPOUNDS	The Rockefeller University	17-Nov-09
7,619,077	Nucleic acids encoding a galacturonosyl tranferase enzyme (GALAT1) from arabidopsis	ORGANIC COMPOUNDS	University of Georgia Research Foundation	17-Nov-09
RE41,007	Method for diagnosing selected adenocarcinomas	ORGANIC COMPOUNDS	University of South Florida	24-Nov-09
7,620,451	Methods and apparatus for pulsed electric field neuromodulation via an intra-to-extravascular approach	SURGERY	Ardian, Inc.	17-Nov-09