Patents by Inventor Wilfred Thomas Germeraad

Wilfred Thomas Germeraad 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: 20050037001
    Abstract: A conjugate for targeting antigen-presenting cells, including at least one antigenic moiety conjugated to a targeting moiety that is capable of binding to a cell surface structure of an antigen-presenting cell, wherein the conjugate is capable of being internalized and processed by the antigen-presenting cells such as to cause processed antigenic moiety fragments thereof to be presented via MHC class I and MHC class II molecules of the antigen-presenting cell, to a nucleic acid sequence including, a nucleic acid sequence encoding the antigenic moiety and a nucleic acid sequence encoding the targeting moiety, to a host cell to a method for producing a conjugate, and for generating an antigen-presenting cell capable of eliciting an immune response to such antigen-presenting cell, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a conjugate or an antigen-presenting cell and their use for vaccination, and as a medicament.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Wilfred Thomas Germeraad, Ton Logtenberg, Annemarie Nicolette Lekkerkerker