Patents Represented by Attorney Merial
  • Patent number: 7504206
    Abstract: The cloning of a novel PCVII viral genome is described as is expression of proteins derived from the PCVII genome. These proteins can be used in vaccine compositions for the prevention and treatment of PCVII infections, as well as in diagnostic methods for determining the presence of PCVII infections in a vertebrate subject. Polynucleotides derived from the viral genome can be used as diagnostic primers and probes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Merial SAS
    Inventors: Deborah Haines, Gordon Allan, John Ellis, Brian Meehan, Edward Clark, Lori Hassard, John Harding, Catherine Elisabeth Charreyre, Gilles Emile Chappuis, Francis McNeilly, Li Wang, Lorne A. Babiuk, Andrew A. Potter, Philip Willson