Companies, Licensing and Patents
View information on the companies, licensing and patents that are associated with the commercial development area of the Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology.
Companies
PHIOGEN Inc.
Founded by Anthony Maresso, Ph.D., in 2023, PHIOGEN Inc. aims to commercialize technology from TAILOR Labs, the personalized phage therapy center at Թ of Medicine. Based at the Texas Medical Center Innovation Hub, PHIOGEN's team leverages over a decade of phage biology research to create next-generation therapeutics. An exclusive license agreement was signed in 2023.
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Twister Biotechnology Inc.
Formed by Lynn Zechiedrich, Ph.D., to provide services and reagents involving the custom production of DNA minivectors to meet customer specifications. Exclusive license agreement signed 2011.
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Speratum CR, SA
Formed by Christian Marin-Mueller, Ph.D., a former graduate student in lab of Qizhi “Cathy” Yao, M.D., Ph.D., to develop an miRNA 198-based therapeutic approach to the treatment of pancreatic cancer and other malignancies. Exclusive license agreement signed 2015.
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Licensing
ImmuCell
Years of basic research on rotavirus and vaccine candidate virus-like particles by Dr. Mary Estes, Dr. Sue Crawford, Dr. Margaret E. Conner, Dr. Sarah E. Blutt and others leads to a licensing agreement with ImmuCell and theto protect newborn calves from the diarrhea-causing disease.
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Takeda Pharmaceuticals
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Patents
Patents applied for and awarded to our faculty.
| Assignee | Inventor / Author | Publication Date | Priority Date | Filing / Creation Date | Grant Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Թ of Medicine, International Business Machines Corp, University of Texas System | Ying Chen, Linda H. Kato, Jacques J. Labrie, Meenakshi Nagarajan, William Scott Spangler, Ioana R. Stanoi, Anbu Karani Adikesavan, Benjamin J. Bachman, Lawrence A. Donehower, Olivier Lichtarge, Sam J. Regenbogen, Maria E. Terron-Diaz, Angela D. Wilkins, Curtis R. Pickering | 12/8/2014 | 12/8/2014 | 2/6/2018 | 2/6/2018 |
| Թ of Medicine, International Business Machines Corp, University of Texas System | Meenakshi Nagarajan, William Scott Spangler, Benjamin J. Bachman, Lawrence A. Donehower, Olivier Lichtarge, Sam J. Regenbogen, Angela D. Wilkins, Curtis R. Pickering | 12/8/2014 | 3/16/2016 | 8/1/2017 | 8/1/2017 |
| Թ of Medicine, Regents of the University Of California | E. Lynn Zechiedrich, Jonathan Fogg, John Perona | 6/10/2005 | 6/7/2006 | 11/24/2009 | 11/24/2009 |
| Թ of Medicine | Mary K. Estes, Xi Jiang, David Y. Graham | 9/13/2005 | 11/8/1989 | 12/9/2002 | 9/13/2005 |
| Թ of Medicine | Mary K. Estes, Judith M. Ball, Peng Tian | 1/6/2004 | 6/14/1995 | 11/3/2000 | 1/6/2004 |
| Թ of Medicine | Mary K. Estes | 3/18/2003 | 10/14/1999 | 10/13/2000 | 3/18/2003 |
| Թ of Medicine | Mary K Estes, Margaret E Conner | 7/10/1992 | 7/12/1993 | 5/1/2002 | 5/1/2002 |
| Թ of Medicine | Mary K. Estes, Judith Ball, Peng Tien | 4/3/2001 | 6/14/1995 | 6/14/1996 | 4/3/2001 |
| Թ of Medicine | James R. Lupski, Robert A. Britton, Donald L. Court, Bradford S. Powell | 8/20/1996 | 8/20/1997 | 10/17/2000 | 10/17/2000 |
| Թ of Medicine | Mary K. Estes | 11/24/1998 | 12/30/1986 | 6/7/1995 | 11/24/1998 |
| Թ of Medicine | Mary K. Estes | 10/27/1998 | 12/30/1986 | 6/7/1995 | 10/27/1998 |
| Թ of Medicine | Robert F. Ramig, Dayue Chen | 6/1/1994 | 6/1/1994 | 3/25/1997 | 3/25/1997 |
| Թ of Medicine | Lawrence A. Donehower, Allan Bradley, Janet S. Butel, Betty Slagle | 1/4/1991 | 7/21/1994 | 10/29/1996 | 10/29/1996 |
| Թ of Medicine | Mary K. Estes, Xi Jiang, David Y. Graham | 9/24/1996 | 11/8/1989 | 6/7/1995 | 9/24/1996 |
| Թ of Medicine | Gordon R. Dreesman, James T. Sparrow, Darrell L. Peterson, Frederick B. Hollinger, Joseph L. Melnick | 1/7/1987 | 11/23/1987 | 10/18/1988 | 10/18/1988 |
| Թ of Medicine | E. Lynn Zechiedrich, Jonathan Fogg, Daniel James Catanese, Erol Bakkalbasi, Brian E. Gilbert | 10/16/2009 | 11/1/2016 | 3/9/2017 | |
| Թ of Medicine | Mary K. Estes, David Graham, Robert Legare Atmar, Sue Ellen Crawford, Khalil Ettayebi, Kosuke Murakami | 4/6/2017 | 10/2/2015 | 10/3/2016 | |
| Թ of Medicine | Mary K. Estes, Robert Legare Atmar, B V Venkatar Prasad, James Crowe, Gopal Sapparapu | 1/19/2017 | 7/10/2015 | 7/11/2016 | |
| Թ of Medicine | E. Lynn Zechiedrich, Jonathan Fogg, Daniel James Catanese, Jr., Nancy Maizel, Olivier Humbert | 12/30/2015 | 5/30/2012 | 5/30/2013 | |
| Թ of Medicine | Timothy Gerald Palzkill, Mary K. Estes, Robert Legare Atmar, Jennifer Dawn Rogers, Nadim Jose Ajami | 3/3/2016 | 3/21/2013 | 3/21/2014 | |
| Թ of Medicine | E. Lynn Zechiedrich, Michelle C. Swick, Richard S. Sucgang | 2/1/2011 | 2/1/2012 | 1/30/2014 | |
| Թ of Medicine | E. Lynn Zechiedrich, Jonathan Fogg, Daniel James Catanese, Erol Bakkalbasi, Brian E. Gilbert | 10/16/2009 | 3/7/2012 | 4/4/2013 | |
| Թ of Medicine | Timothy Palzkill, Wanzhi Huang, Mary K. Estes | 1/26/2012 | 1/26/2009 | 1/26/2010 | |
| Թ of Medicine | Mary K Estes, David Y Graham, Xi Jiang | 9/3/2002 | 11/8/1989 | 12/28/2001 | |
| Թ of Medicine, Mary K. Estes, Judith M. Ball, Peng Tian | Mary K. Estes, Judith M. Ball, Peng Tian | 5/10/2002 | 11/3/2000 | 11/2/2001 | |
| Թ of Medicine | C. Estuardo Aguilar-Cordova, John W. Belmont, J. Wade Harper, Andrew Rice, Janet S. Butel, Javier Chinen | 3/6/1995 | 3/4/1996 | 9/19/1996 | |
| Թ of Medicine | Janet S. Butel, Teh-Hsiu Lee, Stephen J. Elledge | 10/12/1993 | 10/12/1994 | 4/20/1995 | |
| Թ of Medicine | David O. Matson, Mary K. Estes, Xi Jiang, David Y. Graham | 3/17/1994 | 9/7/1992 | 9/7/1993 | |
| Mary K. Estes, Margaret E. Conner, Թ of Medicine | Mary K. Estes, Margaret E. Conner | 1/20/1994 | 7/10/1992 | 7/12/1993 | |
| Թ of Medicine | Lawrence A. Donehower, Allan Bradley, Janet S. Butel, Betty Slagle | 1/4/1991 | 1/3/1992 | 7/23/1992 | |
| Lawrence A. Donehower, Allan Bradley, Janet S. Butel, Betty Slagle, Թ Of Medicine | Lawrence A. Donehower, Allan Bradley, Janet S. Butel, Betty Slagle | 1/4/1991 | 1/3/1992 | 7/5/1992 |