Patents Examined by Padma V Basker
  • Nucleic acid and amino acid sequences relating to for diagnostics and therapeutics
    Patent number: 7875438
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated polypeptide and nucleic acid sequences derived from Streptococcus pneumoniae that are useful in diagnosis and therapy of pathological conditions; antibodies against the polypeptides; and methods for the production of the polypeptides. The invention also provides methods for the detection, prevention and treatment of pathological conditions resulting from bacterial infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Sanofi Pasteur Limited/Sanofi Pasteur Limitee
    Inventors: Lynn Doucette-Stamm, David Bush, Qiandong Zeng, Timothy Opperman, Chad Eric Houseweart