Patents by Inventor Anthony Douglas Shannon

Anthony Douglas Shannon 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).

  • Recombinant Subunit Vaccine
    Publication number: 20090136536
    Abstract: A method is provided of producing an immunogenic complex comprising a heat shock protein (hsp) coupled to a heterologous antigenic polypeptide, which method comprises: (a) expressing the antigenic polypeptide in a cell which cell has been subjected to a stimulus which causes the induction of a heat shock response in said cells; and (b) recovering the antigenic polypeptide coupled to one or more hsps from said cell or the culture medium. Also provided are immunogenic compositions comprising a heat shock protein (hsp) derived from a non-mammalian eukaryote coupled to a heterologous antigenic polypeptide which composition is capable of inducing an immune response to said antigenic polypeptide in a human or animal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER FOR LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION
    Inventors: Anthony Douglas Shannon, Camilo Anthony Leo Selwyn Colaco, Melinda Jane Frost
  • Recombinant subunit vaccine
    Patent number: 7494785
    Abstract: A method is provided of producing an immunogenic complex comprising a heat shock protein (hsp) coupled to a heterologous antigenic polypeptide, which method comprises: (a) expressing the antigenic polypeptide in a cell which cell has been subjected to a stimulus which causes the induction of a heat shock response in said cells; and (b) recovering the antigenic polypeptide coupled to one or more hsps from said cell or the culture medium. Also provided are immunogenic compositions comprising a heat shock protein (hsp) derived from a non-mammalian eukaryote coupled to a heterologous antigenic polypeptide which composition is capable of inducing an immune response to said antigenic polypeptide in a human or animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Land and Water Conservation
    Inventors: Anthony Douglas Shannon, Camilo Anthony Leo Selwyn Colaco, Melinda Jane Frost