Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Vinetz

Joseph M. Vinetz 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).

  • Publication number: 20230226005
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in part, to methods of treating, ameliorating, shortening duration, and/or reversing at least one symptom and/or complication in a human subject with a coronavirus infection with camostat, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present disclosure further relates to a method of preventing and/or reducing the occurrence of long COVID, and/or a symptom and/or complication thereof, hospitalization, and/or death in a human subject with a SARS-CoV-2 infection with camostat, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. In certain embodiments, the camostat salt is camostat mesylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventor: Joseph M. Vinetz
  • Patent number: 6815183
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding Plasmodium sp. chitinases. Expression vectors and host cells comprising the nucleic acid molecules are also provided, as well as methods for increasing or decreasing the expression of the chitinase in host cells. The invention further provides methods of screening a substance for the ability of the substance to modify chitinase function, and a method for isolating other chitinase molecules. DNA oligomers capable of hybridizing to the nucleic acid molecule encoding the chitinase are provided, which can be used to detect chitinase in a sample. An isolated Plasmodium sp. chitinase is also provided. Antibodies specific for the chitinase, and fragments thereof, are provided, as are compositions comprising the chitinase and a compatible carrier. The subject invention further provides methods of preventing infection of mosquitoes by Plasmodium sp. and methods of preventing transmission of malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventor: Joseph M. Vinetz