Patents by Inventor Premkumar E. Reddy

Premkumar E. Reddy 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).

  • HTLV-III (LAV) envelope peptides
    Patent number: 4957737
    Abstract: Synthetic peptides containing the epitopic sequence HTLV env (578-608) are useful as reagents in immunoassays for detection of AIDS antibodies, as immunogens for eliciting polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies against AIDS virus env protein and as components in an AIDS vaccine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Edgar P. Heimer, Premkumar E. Reddy
  • HTLV-III envelope peptides
    Patent number: 4772547
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to synthetic peptides derived from the conserved region of the HTLVIII envelope proteins. These peptides are useful as reagents for immunoassays for detection of AIDS antibodies, as components of immunogenic compositions useful as vaccines, and for the production of anti-bodies selective to said envelope protein and methods for detecting the presence of AIDS antibodies in biological fluid samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignees: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., United States of America
    Inventors: Edgar P. Heimer, Premkumar E. Reddy, Robert C. Gallo, Flossie Wong-Staal