Patents by Inventor Marion Bodkin

Marion Bodkin 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).

  • HIV-1 vectors
    Patent number: 5837512
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a genetically altered human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) which replicates only in human CD4+ cells that express the Tax protein of Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I), wherein the HIV long terminal repeat (LTR) promoter and enhancer sequences (NF-kappa-B and Sp1 binding sites) of the genetically altered human immunodeficiency virus type 1 have been replaced by two copies of the HTLV-I LTR 21 base pair repeat Tax-responsive element (TRE). The present invention also pertains to methods for killing HTLV-1 infected cells in humans with HTLV-1 disease (HTLV-1 tumors and HAM/TSP) with the novel genetically altered human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
    Inventors: Arnold B. Rabson, Hsin-Ching Lin, Marion Bodkin, Roger Strair