Patents by Inventor Margaret Cooley

Margaret Cooley 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).

  • CONJUGATES OF ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE AND CATALASE A FROM PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
    Publication number: 20140065183
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an acyl homoserine lactone and catalase conjugate wherein the acyl homoserine lactone is N-3-(oxododecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (OdDHL) or butyryl L-homoserine lactone (BHL) and the catalase is a P. aeruginosa KatA protein or an antigenic portion thereof. The conjugate is used to treat P. aeruginosa infections by limiting the formation of biofilms and inhibiting a range of quorum-sensing dependent virulence factors by having an immunogenic conjugate provided as a therapeutic or prophylactic vaccine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Central Queensland University
    Inventors: Jennelle M. Kyd, Margaret Cooley