Patents Represented by Attorney Karen Blochlinger
  • Patent number: 8012493
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated placental P. falciparum polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-4 and 6-24, and immunogenic derivatives thereof. The invention also provides isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the placental P. falciparum polypeptides of the invention, compositions comprising one or more placental P. falciparum polypeptides of the invention, methods for inducing an immune response against the placental P. falciparum polypeptides, and methods for treating and diagnosing placental malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Michal Fried, Patrick E Duffy, Susan Francis, Jason P Wendler, Theonest K Mutabingwa, Andrew Oleinikov
  • Patent number: 7655247
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated placental P. falciparum polypeptides comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1-4 and 6-24, and immunogenic derivatives thereof. The invention also provides isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the placental P. falciparum polypeptides of the invention, compositions comprising one or more placental P. falciparum polypeptides of the invention, methods for inducing an immune response against the placental P. falciparum polypeptides, and methods for treating and diagnosing placental malaria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignees: Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, The United States of America as represented by the Army
    Inventors: Michal Fried, Patrick E. Duffy, Susan Francis, Jason P. Wendler, Theonest K. Mutabingwa, Andrew Oleinikov