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Nicholas A. Smith

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1754
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1753, 4145, 1795, 1723, 1754, 1742, 1752, 1794, 4100
Total Applications
1300
Issued Applications
796
Pending Applications
92
Abandoned Applications
419

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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19/328055
Prevention of disulfide bond reduction during recombinant production of polypeptides Sep 11, 2025 Issued
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19/321355
GENELIGHT CULTURES AND EXTRACTS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Sep 7, 2025 Pending
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18/984162
CRISPR/Cas screening platform to identify genetic modifiers of tau seeding or aggregation Dec 16, 2024 Issued
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18/948388
Composition comprising collagenase, calcium, histidine, and glycine, and method for stabilizing collagenase Nov 13, 2024 Issued
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18/824681
Prevention of disulfide bond reduction during recombinant production of polypeptides Sep 3, 2024 Issued
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18/815218
MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING GENE EDITING FREQUENCY Aug 25, 2024 Pending
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18/809132
STEVIOL GLYCOSIDE TRANSPORT Aug 18, 2024 Pending
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18/807580
METHODS OF SUBSTITUTING PATHOGENIC AMINO ACIDS USING PROGRAMMABLE BASE EDITOR SYSTEMS Aug 15, 2024 Pending
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18/778156
RNA-GUIDED NUCLEASES AND DNA BINDING PROTEINS Jul 18, 2024 Pending
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18/773428
METHODS OF EDITING DNA METHYLATION Jul 14, 2024 Pending
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18/762324
MODIFIED HELICASES Jul 1, 2024 Pending
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18/672385
GENE KNOCKOUT OF VARIANT NRF2 FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER May 22, 2024 Pending
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18/668751
METHOD FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF DIOSMIN AND/OR HESPERIDIN IN A MICROORGANISM May 19, 2024 Pending
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18/665785
RECOMBINANT POLYMERASES WITH INCREASED PHOTOTOLERANCE May 15, 2024 Pending
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18/518270
GNE AS A THERAPEUTIC AGENT May 13, 2024 Pending
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18/648209
Prevention of disulfide bond reduction during recombinant production of polypeptides Apr 25, 2024 Issued
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18/639702
Polypeptides Having Alpha-Mannan Degrading Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same Apr 17, 2024 Pending
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18/638860
A LONG CHAIN DIBASIC ACID WITH LOW CONTENT OF LONG CHAIN DIBASIC ACID IMPURITY OF SHORTER CARBON-CHAIN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Apr 17, 2024 Pending
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18/637630
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4-ALPHA (HNF4alpha) GENE EXPRESSION Apr 16, 2024 Pending
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18/633726
ALTERING TISSUE TROPISM OF ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUSES Apr 11, 2024 Pending
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