(WO/2008/089278) BIOLOGICALLY DERIVED ROBOTS AND THEIR USE
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| IPC: | C12N 1/00 (2006.01), C12N 1/20 (2006.01), C12N 1/36 (2006.01) | |||||||||||
| Applicants: | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA [US/US]; 1111 Franklin Street, 12th Floor, Oakland, CA 94607 (US) (All Except US). WALTER, Jessica, M. [US/US]; (US) (US Only). GREENFIELD, Derek [US/US]; (US) (US Only). BUSTAMANTE, Carlos [US/US]; (US) (US Only). LIPHARDT, Jan, T. [DE/US]; (US) (US Only). | |||||||||||
| Inventors: | WALTER, Jessica, M.; (US). GREENFIELD, Derek; (US). BUSTAMANTE, Carlos; (US). LIPHARDT, Jan, T.; (US). | |||||||||||
| Agent: | ULLSPERGER, Chris, J. et al.; TOWNSEND and TOWNSEND and CREW LLP, Two Embarcadero Center, Eighth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111-3834 (US). | |||||||||||
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| Title: | BIOLOGICALLY DERIVED ROBOTS AND THEIR USE | |||||||||||
| Abstract: | The invention provides biologically-derived robots or 'biobots' which can be remotely controlled, e.g., by signaling with light, and programmed to perform a variety of synthesis, assembly, repair, and monitoring tasks. Biobots can perform many of the functions of microbes, including moving through viscous environments, tracking chemical gradients, producing proteins, and synthesizing small molecules. Biobots can be frozen and thawed with little loss of activity, and have lifetimes of 24 hours or more. In some embodiments, the biobots are inherently safe since they contain no genome (or a limited 'minigenome') and cannot self-replicate. These cellular automata should be useful for assisting workers in the defense, energy, medical and computing industries. | |||||||||||
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AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PG, PH, PL, PT, RO, RS, RU, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, SV, SY, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. African Regional Intellectual Property Org. (ARIPO) (BW, GH, GM, KE, LS, MW, MZ, NA, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW) Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, MD, RU, TJ, TM) European Patent Office (EPO) (AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR) African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). | |||||||||||
| Publication Language: | English (EN) |
| Filing Language: | English (EN) |
