Patents by Inventor Ada H. C. Kung

Ada H. C. Kung has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of treating gram-negative bacterial infection by administration of bactericidal/permeability-increasing (BPI) protein product and antibiotic
    Patent number: 5523288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating gram-negative bacterial infections, using BPI protein products. Co-treatment, or concurrent administration, of BPI protein product with an antibiotic in treatment of gram-negative bacterial infections improves the therapeutic effectiveness of the antibiotic, including increasing antibiotic susceptibility of gram-negative bacteria and reversing resistance of the bacteria to antibiotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Xoma Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Cohen, Ada H. C. Kung, Lewis H. Lambert, Jr., Roger G. Little, II
  • Uses of recombinant colony stimulating factor-1
    Patent number: 5104650
    Abstract: A colony stimulating factor, CSF-1, is a lymphokine useful in overcoming the immunosuppression induced by chemotherapy or resulting from other causes. CSF-1 is obtained in usable amounts by recombinant methods, including cloning and expression of the murine and human DNA sequences encoding this protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: Cetus Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Ralph, Mary K. Warren, Kong T. Chong, James J. Devlin, Robert Zimmerman, Ada H. C. Kung