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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9114173 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2014

Vault and vault like carrier molecules

Applicant:

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Leonard H. Rome, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Valerie A. Kickhoefer, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);

Sujna Raval-Fernandes, West Hills, CA (US);

Phoebe Stewart, Cleveland, OH (US);

Assignee:

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Attorneys:

Suzannah K. Sundby, Esq.

Canady + Lortz LLP

Primary Examiner:

Reza Ghafoorian

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61P 31/00 (2006.01); A61K 39/395 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12P 21/06 (2006.01); A61K 47/42 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/45 (2006.01); A61K 38/46 (2006.01); A61K 38/17 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01); C12N 9/16 (2006.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01); C12N 15/88 (2006.01); A61K 47/48 (2006.01); B82Y 5/00 (2011.01); C07K 1/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C07K 16/00 (2006.01); C07K 17/00 (2006.01); C08H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 47/42 (2013.01); A61K 38/1709 (2013.01); A61K 38/45 (2013.01); A61K 38/465 (2013.01); A61K 47/48776 (2013.01); A61K 49/0002 (2013.01); A61K 49/0056 (2013.01); B82Y 5/00 (2013.01); C07K 14/47 (2013.01); C12N 9/1077 (2013.01); C12N 9/16 (2013.01); C12N 15/88 (2013.01); G01N 33/5005 (2013.01); G01N 33/58 (2013.01); G01N 33/582 (2013.01); A61K 38/00 (2013.01); C07K 2319/00 (2013.01); C12N 2810/50 (2013.01); C12Y 204/02003 (2013.01); C12Y 301/03067 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of using vaults as carrier molecules to deliver one or more than one substance to an organism, or to a specific tissue or to specific cells, or to an environmental medium. A vault-like particle. A method of preventing damage by one or more than one substance to an organism, to a specific tissue, to specific cells, or to an environmental medium, by sequestering the one or more than one substance within a vault-like particle. A method of delivering one or more than one substance or a sensor to an organism, to a specific tissue, to specific cells, or to an environmental medium. According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of making vault-like particles, and making vault-like particles comprising one or more than one substance, or one or more than one sensor.

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