Patents by Inventor Amanda Wolfenden
Amanda Wolfenden 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).
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Patent number: 11883489Abstract: Adjuvants comprising chitosan cross-linked with an aldehyde or mannosylated chitosan are provided herein. Methods of making the adjuvants and methods of combining or linking the adjuvants with antigens are also provided. The adjuvant-antigen combinations can be used in vaccine formulations and the vaccine formulations can be used in methods to vaccinate animals against the source of the antigen or to enhance the immune response in a subject.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Billy M. Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Marion Morgan, Srichaitanya Shivaramaiah, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias, Amanda Wolfenden
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Publication number: 20210000947Abstract: Adjuvants comprising chitosan cross-linked with an aldehyde or mannosylated chitosan are provided herein. Methods of making the adjuvants and methods of combining or linking the adjuvants with antigens are also provided. The adjuvant-antigen combinations can be used in vaccine formulations and the vaccine formulations can be used in methods to vaccinate animals against the source of the antigen or to enhance the immune response in a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Billy M. Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Marion Morgan, Srichaitanya Shivaramaiah, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias, Amanda Wolfenden
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Patent number: 10780162Abstract: Adjuvants comprising chitosan cross-linked with an aldehyde or mannosylated chitosan are provided herein. Methods of making the adjuvants and methods of combining or linking the adjuvants with antigens are also provided. The adjuvant-antigen combinations can be used in vaccine formulations and the vaccine formulations can be used in methods to vaccinate animals against the source of the antigen or to enhance the immune response in a subject.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Billy M. Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Marion Morgan, Srichaitanya Shivaramaiah, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias, Amanda Wolfenden
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Publication number: 20190231869Abstract: Adjuvants comprising chitosan cross-linked with an aldehyde or mannosylated chitosan are provided herein. Methods of making the adjuvants and methods of combining or linking the adjuvants with antigens are also provided. The adjuvant-antigen combinations can be used in vaccine formulations and the vaccine formulations can be used in methods to vaccinate animals against the source of the antigen or to enhance the immune response in a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Billy M. Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Marion Morgan, Srichaitanya Shivaramaiah, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias, Amanda Wolfenden
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Patent number: 10258688Abstract: Adjuvants comprising chitosan cross-linked with an aldehyde or mannosylated chitosan are provided herein. Methods of making the adjuvants and methods of combining or linking the adjuvants with antigens are also provided. The adjuvant-antigen combinations can be used in vaccine formulations and the vaccine formulations can be used in methods to vaccinate animals against the source of the antigen or to enhance the immune response in a subject.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Billy M. Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Marion Morgan, Srichaitanya Shivaramaiah, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias, Amanda Wolfenden
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Publication number: 20190075821Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and probiotic formulations of bacterial isolates, and methods for selecting bacterial isolates capable of reducing levels of Salmonella and/or Campylobacter in poultry. Methods for reduction of Salmonella and/or Campylobacter in poultry are also part of the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicants: Novozymes A/S, The Board of Trustees of the University of ArkansasInventors: Ross Wolfenden, Billy Hargis, Amanda Wolfenden
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Publication number: 20170143823Abstract: Adjuvants comprising chitosan cross-linked with an aldehyde or mannosylated chitosan are provided herein. Methods of making the adjuvants and methods of combining or linking the adjuvants with antigens are also provided. The adjuvant-antigen combinations can be used in vaccine formulations and the vaccine formulations can be used in methods to vaccinate animals against the source of the antigen or to enhance the immune response in a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Billy M. Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Marion Morgan, Srichaitanya Shivaramaiah, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias, Amanda Wolfenden
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Publication number: 20150297714Abstract: Adjuvants comprising chitosan cross-linked with an aldehyde or mannosylated chitosan are provided herein. Methods of making the adjuvants and methods of combining or linking the adjuvants with antigens are also provided. The adjuvant-antigen combinations can be used in vaccine formulations and the vaccine formulations can be used in methods to vaccinate animals against the source of the antigen or to enhance the immune response in a subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Billy M. Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Marion Morgan, Srichaitanya Shivaramaiah, Guillermo Tellez, Amanda Wolfenden
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Patent number: 9005601Abstract: Methods, compositions and bacterial isolates for improving the gastrointestinal health of animals and in particular of poultry are provided herein. The methods include administering an endospore-forming bacteria to an animal. The bacteria are selected for the ability to reduce the growth and presence of bacterial pathogens, such as Salmonella, Clostridium, and Campylobacter, in the gastrointestinal tract of the animal. The bacteria are also selected for the ability to improve at least one production parameter in the animal.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of ArkansasInventors: Billy Hargis, Ross Wolfenden, Neil R. Pumford, Marion Morgan, Anita Menconi, Guillermo Tellez, Amanda Wolfenden, Srichaitanya Shivaramaiah
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Publication number: 20130136695Abstract: Methods, compositions and bacterial isolates for improving the gastrointestinal health of animals and in particular of poultry are provided herein. The methods include administering an endospore-forming bacteria to an animal. The bacteria are selected for the ability to reduce the growth and presence of bacterial pathogens, such as Salmonella, Clostridium, and Campylobacter, in the gastrointestinal tract of the animal. The bacteria are also selected for the ability to improve at least one production parameter in the animal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSASInventors: Billy Hargis, Ross Wolfenden, Guillermo Tellez, Amanda Wolfenden, Srichaitanya Shivaramalah, Neil R. Pumford, Marion Morgan, Anita Menconi
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Publication number: 20130017174Abstract: Probiotic compositions comprising a bacterium that is capable of producing nitric oxide and a substrate of nitric oxide synthase are provided. Also provided are methods of improving the gastrointestinal health of a subject by orally administering a bacterium capable of producing nitric oxide and orally administering a substrate of nitric oxide synthase. Methods of reducing the inflammatory immune response after treatment with a probiotic and methods of reducing horizontal transmission of pathogenic bacteria within groups of animals are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of ArkansasInventors: Billy Hargis, Neil Pumford, Amanda Wolfenden