Patents by Inventor Paula Keith

Paula Keith 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: 20050123555
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising a population of alphavirus replicon particles comprising two or more isolated nucleic acids selected from 1) an isolated nucleic acid encoding an env gene product or an immunogenic fragment thereof of a human immunodeficiency virus, 2) an isolated nucleic acid encoding a gag gene product or an immunogenic fragment thereof of a human immunodeficiency virus, wherein the gag gene product or immunogenic fragment thereof is modified to inhibit formation of virus-like particles containing the gag gene product or the immunogenic fragment thereof and their release from a cell, and 3) an isolated nucleic acid encoding a pol gene product or an immunogenic fragment thereof of a human immunodeficiency virus, wherein the pol gene product or immunogenic fragment thereof is modified to inhibit protease, integrase, RNase H and/or reverse transcriptase activity, and wherein the nucleic acids are each contained within a separate alphavirus replicon particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Olmsted, Paula Keith, Sergey Dryga, Ian Caley, Maureen Maughan, Robert Johnston, Nancy Davis, Ronald Swanstrom
  • Patent number: 6783939
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising a population of alphavirus replicon particles comprising two or more isolated nucleic acids selected from 1) an isolated nucleic acid encoding an env gene product or an immunogenic fragment thereof of a human immunodeficiency virus, 2) an isolated nucleic acid encoding a g&agr;g gene product or an immunogenic fragment thereof of a human immunodeficiency virus, wherein the g&agr;g gene product or immunogenic fragment thereof is modified to inhibit formation of virus-like particles containing the g&agr;g gene product or the immunogenic fragment thereof and their release from a cell, and 3) an isolated nucleic acid encoding a pol gene product or an immunogenic fragment thereof of a human immunodeficiency virus, wherein the pol gene product or immunogenic fragment thereof is modified to inhibit protease, integrase, RNase H and/or reverse transcriptase activity, and wherein the nucleic acids are each contained within a separate alphavirus replicon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignees: Alphavax, Inc., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Robert Olmsted, Paula Keith, Sergey Dryga, Ian Caley, Maureen Maughan, Robert Johnston, Nancy Davis, Ronald Swanstrom
  • Publication number: 20020141975
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions comprising a population of alphavirus replicon particles comprising two or more isolated nucleic acids selected from 1) an isolated nucleic acid encoding an env gene product or an immunogenic fragment thereof of a human immunodeficiency virus, 2) an isolated nucleic acid encoding a gag gene product or an immunogenic fragment thereof of a human immunodeficiency virus, wherein the gag gene product or immunogenic fragment thereof is modified to inhibit formation of virus-like particles containing the gag gene product or the immunogenic fragment thereof and their release from a cell, and 3) an isolated nucleic acid encoding a pol gene product or an immunogenic fragment thereof of a human immunodeficiency virus, wherein the pol gene product or immunogenic fragment thereof is modified to inhibit protease, integrase, RNase H and/or reverse transcriptase activity, and wherein the nucleic acids are each contained within a separate alphavirus replicon particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: AlphaVax, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Olmsted, Paula Keith, Sergey Dryga, Ian Caley, Maureen Maughan, Robert Johnston, Nancy Davis, Ronald Swanstrom