Patents by Inventor Armando Zuniga

Armando Zuniga 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).

  • Publication number: 20230355737
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the epicutaneous vaccination against RSV vaccination with a skin patch device loaded with a particle exposing an RSV-F protein, a variant or a fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: PIERRE-LOUIS HERVE, LUCIE MONDOULET, NATHALIE DONNE, ARMANDO ZUNIGA, ARIN GHASPARIAN
  • Patent number: 11680085
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cyclic peptide, a conjugate comprising said cyclic peptide and a lipopeptide building block, a bundle of said conjugates, a synthetic virus-like particle comprising at least one bundle of conjugates and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. The present invention further relates to said cyclic peptide, said conjugate said bundle of conjugates, said synthetic virus-like particle and said pharmaceutical compositions for use as a medicament, preferably for use in a method for preventing of an infectious disease or reducing the risk of an infectious disease, more preferably for use in a method for preventing or reducing the risk of an infectious disease associated with or caused by a respiratory syncytial virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: VIROMETIX AG, UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH
    Inventors: Arin Ghasparian, Armando Zuniga, Aniebrys Marrero Nodarse, Oliver Rassek, John A. Robinson, Kerstin Möhle
  • Publication number: 20210101941
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cyclic peptide, a conjugate comprising said cyclic peptide and a lipopeptide building block, a bundle of said conjugates, a synthetic virus-like particle comprising at least one bundle of conjugates and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. The present invention further relates to said cyclic peptide, said conjugate said bundle of conjugates, said synthetic virus-like particle and said pharmaceutical compositions for use as a medicament, preferably for use in a method for preventing of an infectious disease or reducing the risk of an infectious disease, more preferably for use in a method for preventing or reducing the risk of an infectious disease associated with or caused by a respiratory syncytial virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Arin GHASPARIAN, Armando ZUNIGA, Aniebrys MARRERO NODARSE, Oliver RASSEK, John A. ROBINSON, Kerstin MÖHLE
  • Patent number: 10099726
    Abstract: A body for a vehicle includes an A-pillar defining a C-channel along a first surface of the A-pillar. The body further includes a support disposed within the C-channel and defining a shape matching the C-channel to mate the support along an entirety of the first surface via pre-formed spot welds aligned with the first surface. The welds are defined along a single plane being parallel to the first surface, wherein the welds are spaced to secure the support within the C-channel to form flush contact between the support and the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Rowe, Armando Zuniga, Alejandro Eli Acosta Flores, Omar Fragoso Medina
  • Publication number: 20180256698
    Abstract: The invention relates to lipopeptides consisting of a peptide chain comprising a parallel coiled-coil domain, a proline-rich peptide antigen, and a lipid moiety, all covalently linked, which aggregate to synthetic virus-like particles. Proline-rich peptide antigens considered contain negatively and positively charged amino acid, and at least 15% of the amino acids are proline. Such synthetic virus-like particles carrying proline-rich antigens derived from pneumococcal proteins are useful as vaccines against infectious diseases caused by Gram-positive bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Arin Ghasparian, Armando Zuniga, Nina Geib, Marco Tamborrini, Maja Jud, Gerd Pluschke, Aniebrys Marrero Nodarse, John Anthony Robinson
  • Publication number: 20180141589
    Abstract: A body for a vehicle includes an A-pillar defining a C-channel along a first surface of the A-pillar. The body further includes a support disposed within the C-channel and defining a shape matching the C-channel to mate the support along an entirety of the first surface via pre-formed spot welds aligned with the first surface. The welds are defined along a single plane being parallel to the first surface, wherein the welds are spaced to secure the support within the C-channel to form flush contact between the support and the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Nicholas ROWE, Armando ZUNIGA, Alejandro Eli ACOSTA FLORES, Omar FRAGOSO MEDINA
  • Patent number: 9943583
    Abstract: The invention relates to lipopeptides consisting of a peptide chain comprising a parallel coiled-coil domain, a proline-rich peptide antigen, and a lipid moiety, all covalently linked, which aggregate to synthetic virus-like particles. Proline-rich peptide antigens considered contain negatively and positively charged amino acid, and at least 15% of the amino acids are proline. Such synthetic virus-like particles carrying proline-rich antigens derived from pneumococcal proteins are useful as vaccines against infectious diseases caused by Gram-positive bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH, SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE, VIROMETIX AG
    Inventors: Arin Ghasparian, Armando Zuniga, Nina Geib, Marco Tamborini, Maja Jud, Gerd Pluschke, Aniebrys Marrero Nodarse, John Anthony Robinson
  • Publication number: 20160324947
    Abstract: The invention relates to lipopeptides consisting of a peptide chain comprising a parallel coiled-coil domain, a proline-rich peptide antigen, and a lipid moiety, all covalently linked, which aggregate to synthetic virus-like particles. Proline-rich peptide antigens considered contain negatively and positively charged amino acid, and at least 15% of the amino acids are proline. Such synthetic virus-like particles carrying proline-rich antigens derived from pneumococcal proteins are useful as vaccines against infectious diseases caused by Gram-positive bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH
    Inventors: Arin Ghasparian, Armando Zuniga, Nina Geib, Marco Tamborini, Maja Jud, Gerd Pluschke, Aniebrys Marrero Nodarse, John Anthony Robinson