Patents by Inventor Ellen E. Sparger

Ellen E. Sparger 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).

  • Recombinant live feline immunodeficiency virus and proviral DNA vaccines
    Patent number: 6004799
    Abstract: This invention discloses live-attenuated feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), and recombinant vectors for producing them, useful as vaccines and therapeutic agents against FIV and diseases associated with virulent FIV infection. In the recombinant vectors and FIVs, one or more genes, or part of the gene(s), responsible for FIV pathogenesis have been completely or partially rendered nonfunctional, e.g., by full or partial deletion or mutagenesis. These anti-FIV vaccines may be given to susceptible hosts in the form of infectious virus or cloned DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Paul A. Luciw, Ellen E. Sparger