Patents by Inventor Clara K. Fenger

Clara K. Fenger 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).

  • Treatment of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis
    Patent number: 6448252
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating equines, such as horses, afflicted with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis or EPM. The therapeutic compositions comprise a combination of pyrimethamine and a sulfonamide, preferably, sulfadiazine, in the absence of known therapeutic amounts of trimethoprim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: IDEXX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Meri Charm Russell, Clara K. Fenger
  • Treatment of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis
    Patent number: 6255308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating equines, such as horses, afflicted with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis or EPM. The therapeutic compositions comprise a combination of pyrimethamine and a sulfonamide, preferably, sulfadiazine, in the absence of known therapeutic amounts of trimethoprim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Blue Ridge Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Meri Charm Russell, Clara K. Fenger
  • Sarcocystis neuronadiagnostic primer and its use in methods of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis diagnosis
    Patent number: 6110665
    Abstract: An amplification primer and probe which can be used in an in vitro diagnostic test for the presence of S. neurona in equine blood or cerebrospinal fluid. Sarcocystis neurona is responsible for the equine condition of protozoal myelitis. The amplification primer is seventeen nucleotides in length and complementary to a unique section of the small ribosomal subunit of Sarcocystis neurona. The primer encompasses nucleotide positions 1470-1487 of the small ribosomal subunit of S. neurona. The primer has the sequence 5' CCATTCCGGACGCGGGT SEQ ID NO:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Clara K. Fenger, David E. Granstrom, Alvin A. Gajadhar, Jitender P. Dubey
  • Treatment of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis
    Patent number: 5747476
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating equines, such as horses, afflicted with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis or EPM. The therapeutic compositions comprise a combination of pyrimethamine and a sulfonamide, preferably, sulfadiazine, in the absence of known therapeutic amounts of trimethoprim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Mortar & Pestle Veterinary Pharmacy, Inc.
    Inventors: Meri Charm Russell, Clara K. Fenger