Patents by Inventor Andrew Herbert

Andrew Herbert 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).

  • Acellular pertussis vaccines and methods of preparing thereof
    Patent number: 5877298
    Abstract: A fimbrial agglutinogen preparation is prepared from a bordetella strain, particularly a B. pertussis strain, by a multiple step procedure involving extraction of the fimbrial agglutinogens from cell paste and concentrating and purifying the extracted material. The fimbrial agglutinogen preparation may be used to prepare acellular pertussis vaccines with other pertussis antigens, including pertussis toxin or toxoid thereof, the 69 kDa protein and filamentous hemagglutinin and other Bordetella antigens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Inventors: Raafat E. F. Fahim, John R. Vose, John Thipphawong, Luis Barreto, Gail E. D. Jackson, Larry U. L. Tan, Andrew Herbert, Michel H. Klein