Patents by Inventor E. P. J. Gibbs

E. P. J. Gibbs 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).

  • Use of recombinant swine poxvirus as a live vaccine vector
    Patent number: 6217882
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recombinant swinepox virus vector containing a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding a protein from a selected pathogen inserted into, or replacing, all or a portion of a swinepox virus gene, which gene is not essential to replication of the virus in a host cell. Also provided is a recombinant SPV vector into which a pseudorabies antigen is inserted within the TK gene, which is useful in diagnostic, therapeutic, and prophylactic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Moyer, Eladio Viñuela, E. P. J. Gibbs
  • Use of recombinant swine poxvirus as a live vaccine vector
    Patent number: 5651972
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recombinant swinepox virus vector containing a heterologous nucleotide sequence encoding a protein from a selected pathogen inserted into, or replacing, all or a portion of a swinepox virus gene, which gene is not essential to replication of the virus in a host cell. Also provided is a recombinant SPV vector into which a pseudorabies antigen is inserted within the TK gene, which is useful in diagnostic, therapeutic, and prophylactic compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard W. Moyer, Eladio Vinuela, E. P. J. Gibbs