Patents by Inventor Theodora Fifis

Theodora Fifis 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).

  • Diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection
    Patent number: 5707819
    Abstract: A method for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection in a susceptible animal, comprises detection in said animal of antibodies against the MPB-70 protein of M.bovis and/or the detection of a cell-mediated immune response of said animal to the said MPB-70 protein. Also disclosed is a recombinant DNA molecule corresponding to all or portion of the M.bovis DNA sequence coding for the MPB-70 protein or a polypeptide having the antigenicity of MPB-70 protein, or degenerate forms thereof, as well as recombinant MPB-70 protein or polypeptide and a process for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Paul Richard Wood, Anthony John Radford, Theodora Fifis
  • Diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection
    Patent number: 5693500
    Abstract: A method for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection in a susceptible animal, comprises detection in said animal of antibodies against the MPB-70 protein of M. bovis and/or the detection of a cell-mediated immune response of said animal to the said MPB-70 protein. Also disclosed is a recombinant DNA molecule corresponding to all or portion of the M. bovis DNA sequence coding for the MPB-70 protein or a polypeptide having the antigenicity of MPB-70 protein, or degenerate forms thereof, as well as recombinant MPB-70 protein or polypeptide and a process for the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Paul Richard Wood, Anthony John Radford, Theodora Fifis