Patents by Inventor Scott LaPatra

Scott LaPatra 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).

  • 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