Patents by Inventor Kenneth D. Cain

Kenneth D. Cain 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).

  • COLDWATER DISEASE VACCINE COMPRISING AN ATTENUATED FLAVOBACTERIUM PSYCHROPHILUM STRAIN
    Publication number: 20230398197
    Abstract: Bacterial cold-water disease (BCWD) vaccines for fish comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of, a live, attenuated Flavobacterium psychrophilum strain derived from a US149 strain and/or a US063 (ST278) strain, particularly formulated for fish of the Salmo and Salvelinus genera are disclosed. Disclosed embodiments also concern isolated, livem nonattenuated or attenuated Flavobacterium psychrophilum strains derived from an unattenuated strain having a cumulative percent mortality (CPM) in fish species in the Salmo and Salvelinus genera challenged with the strain of 40% or greater prior to attenuation. Treating BCWD comprises administering an effective amount of a disclosed vaccine to fish species primarily of the Salmo and Salvelinus genera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: University of Idaho
    Inventor: Kenneth D. Cain
  • ATTENUATED FISH VACCINE FOLLOWING CULTURE IN IRON LIMITED MEDIA
    Publication number: 20200138930
    Abstract: Protection of fish from bacterial disease by vaccination with a live attenuated strain of the causative bacterium is enhanced when the attenuated strain has been grown in an iron-limited medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: University of Idaho
    Inventor: Kenneth D. Cain
  • ATTENUATED FISH VACCINE FOLLOWING CULTURE IN IRON LIMITED MEDIA
    Publication number: 20130052228
    Abstract: Protection of fish from bacterial disease by vaccination with a live attenuated strain of the causative bacterium is enhanced when the attenuated strain has been grown in an iron-limited medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: University of Idaho
    Inventor: Kenneth D. Cain
  • Vaccines for diseases of fish
    Patent number: 7740864
    Abstract: Fish are immunized by a mass vaccination method, such as by immersion in water containing an attenuated strain of a pathogenic bacterium that does not effectively cause disease in fish when the non-attenuated pathogenic bacterium is exposed to the fish by immersion. An illustrative example of the method is for immunizing against coldwater disease caused by Flavobacterium psychrophilum, which may be attenuated by serial passage in media containing increasing amounts of an antibiotic, such as rifampicin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: University of Idaho
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Cain, Benjamin R. LaFrentz, Scott LaPatra
  • Vaccines for diseases of fish
    Publication number: 20080317781
    Abstract: Fish are immunized by a mass vaccination method, such as by immersion in water containing an attenuated strain of a pathogenic bacterium that does not effectively cause disease in fish when the non-attenuated pathogenic bacterium is exposed to the fish by immersion. An illustrative example of the method is for immunizing against coldwater disease caused by Flavobacterium psychrophilum, which may be attenuated by serial passage in media containing increasing amounts of an antibiotic, such as rifampicin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Cain, Benjamin R. LaFrentz, Scott LaPatra