Patents by Inventor André Menez

André Menez 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).

  • Stabilized Tat antigen and the use thereof for anti-HIV vaccination
    Patent number: 8501193
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vaccine composition comprising at least one type of anti-HIV vaccine composition containing at least one type of stabilized Tat antigen and to the use thereof for preventing and/or treating a human HIV infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Pascal Drevet, Evelyne Lajeunesse, Alain Lecoq, Michel Leonetti, André Menez, Gervaise Moine, Robert Thai
  • PEPTIDES WITH PROPERTIES OF AN ALLOSTERIC ANTAGONIST SELECTIVE FOR THE ALPHA 1A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110117017
    Abstract: Peptides characterized by: a) a sequence selected from the group consisting of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 2, and the derived variants having at least 70% identity or 80% similarity with the entire sequence SEQ ID NO: 2, b) a three-finger structure including eight cysteine residues linked by four disulfide bridges, respectively between the first and the third cysteine, the second and the fourth cysteine, the fifth and the sixth cysteine, and the seventh and the eighth cysteine, and c) an activity of an allosteric antagonist selective for the alpha 1a adrenergic receptor, and therapeutic and pharmacological uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Nicolas Gilles, André Menez, Renée Menez, Christopher Menez, Cécile Berlioz
  • Peptides and proteins for desensitizing subjects allergic to bee venom and compositions containing same
    Patent number: 6649166
    Abstract: The invention concerns peptides and proteins for desensitizing specifically the vast majority of subjects allergic to bee venom and compositions containing said peptides or proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Bernard Maillere, Sandra Pouvelle, Catherine Texier, André Menez