Patents by Inventor Brian R. Murphy

Brian R. Murphy 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).

  • Patent number: 10456461
    Abstract: The present invention relates to attenuated, immunogenic West Nile virus chimeras built on a dengue virus backbone for the production of immunogenic, live, attenuated West Nile virus vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of The Army
    Inventors: Alexander G. Pletnev, Joseph R. Putnak, Robert M. Chanock, Brian R. Murphy, Stephen S. Whitehead, Joseph E. Blaney
  • Publication number: 20190282690
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant respiratory syncytial viruses that contain mutations that make the disclosed viruses attractive vaccine candidates. The viruses disclosed contain attenuating mutations designed to have increased genetic and phenotypic stability. Desired combinations of these mutations can be made to achieve desired levels of attenuation. Exemplary vaccine candidates are described. Also provided are polynucleotides capable of encoding the described viruses, as wells as methods for producing the viruses and methods of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Servic
    Inventors: Peter L. Collins, Cindy L. Luongo, Ursula J. Buchholz, Brian R. Murphy
  • Patent number: 10307476
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant respiratory syncytial viruses that contain mutations that make the disclosed viruses attractive vaccine candidates. The viruses disclosed contain attenuating mutations designed to have increased genetic and phenotypic stability. Desired combinations of these mutations can be made to achieve desired levels of attenation. Exemplary vaccine candidates are described. Also provided are polynucleotides capable of encoding the described viruses, as wells as methods for producing the viruses and methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Peter L. Collins, Cindy L. Luongo, Ursula J. Buchholz, Brian R. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20190119654
    Abstract: The invention is related to a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus that contains a mutation in the 3? untranslated region (3?-UTR) comprising a ?30 mutation that removes the TL-2 homologous structure in each of the dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, and nucleotides additional to the ?30 mutation deleted from the 3?-UTR that removes sequence in the 5? direction as far as the 5? boundary of the TL-3 homologous structure in each of the dengue serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or a replacement of the 3?-UTR of a dengue virus of a first serotype with the 3?-UTR of a dengue virus of a second serotype, optionally containing the ?30 mutation and nucleotides additional to the ?30 mutation deleted from the 3?-UTR; and immunogenic compositions, methods of inducing an immune response, and methods of producing a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: The Government of the USA as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Joseph E. Blaney, Brian R. Murphy, Ching-Juh Lai
  • Publication number: 20190117762
    Abstract: The invention relates to vaccine compositions including CEV serogroup immunogens, attenuated and inactivated viruses of the CEV serogroup and chimeric Bunyaviridae. Also disclosed are methods of treating or preventing CEV serogroup infection in a mammalian host, methods of producing a subunit vaccine composition or an immunogenic composition, isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a CEV serogroup immunogen, methods for detecting La Crosse virus (LACV) infection in a biological sample and infectious chimeric Bunyaviridae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept.of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Richard S. Bennett, Brian R. Murphy
  • Patent number: 10206995
    Abstract: The invention relates to vaccine compositions including CEV serogroup immunogens, attenuated and inactivated viruses of the CEV serogroup and chimeric Bunyaviridae. Also disclosed are methods of treating or preventing CEV serogroup infection in a mammalian host, methods of producing a subunit vaccine composition or an immunogenic composition, isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a CEV serogroup immunogen, methods for detecting La Crosse virus (LACV) infection in a biological sample and infectious chimeric Bunyaviridae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Richard S. Bennett, Brian R. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20180369358
    Abstract: The present invention relates to attenuated, immunogenic West Nile virus chimeras built on a dengue virus backbone for the production of immunogenic, live, attenuated West Nile virus vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicants: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services, The Government of the United States, as Represented by The Secretary of The Army
    Inventors: Alexander G. Pletnev, Joseph R. Putnak, Robert M. Chanock, Brian R. Murphy, Stephen S. Whitehead, Joseph E. Blaney
  • Patent number: 10160957
    Abstract: The invention is related to a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus that contains a mutation in the 3? untranslated region (3?-UTR) comprising a ?30 mutation that removes the TL-2 homologous structure in each of the dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, and nucleotides additional to the ?30 mutation deleted from the 3?-UTR that removes sequence in the 5? direction as far as the 5? boundary of the TL-3 homologous structure in each of the dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or a replacement of the 3?-UTR of a dengue virus of a first serotype with the 3?-UTR of a dengue virus of a second serotype, optionally containing the ?30 mutation and nucleotides additional to the ?30 mutation deleted from the 3?-UTR; and immunogenic compositions, methods of inducing an immune response, and methods of producing a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Joseph E. Blaney, Brian R. Murphy, Ching-Juh Lai
  • Patent number: 10058602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to attenuated, immunogenic West Nile virus chimeras built on a dengue virus backbone for the production of immunogenic, live, attenuated West Nile virus vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services, The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
    Inventors: Alexander G. Pletnev, Joseph R. Putnak, Robert M. Chanock, Brian R. Murphy, Stephen S. Whitehead, Joseph E. Blaney
  • Publication number: 20180171308
    Abstract: The invention is related to a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus that contains a mutation in the 3? untranslated region (3?-UTR) comprising a ?30 mutation that removes the TL-2 homologous structure in each of the dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, and nucleotides additional to the ?30 mutation deleted from the 3?-UTR that removes sequence in the 5? direction as far as the 5? boundary of the TL-3 homologous structure in each of the dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or a replacement of the 3?-UTR of a dengue virus of a first serotype with the 3?-UTR of a dengue virus of a second serotype, optionally containing the ?30 mutation and nucleotides additional to the ?30 mutation deleted from the 3?-UTR; and immunogenic compositions, methods of inducing an immune response, and methods of producing a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Joseph E. Blaney, Brian R. Murphy, Ching-Juh Lai
  • Publication number: 20180104326
    Abstract: The invention relates to vaccine compositions including CEV serogroup immunogens, attenuated and inactivated viruses of the CEV serogroup and chimeric Bunyaviridae. Also disclosed are methods of treating or preventing CEV serogroup infection in a mammalian host, methods of producing a subunit vaccine composition or an immunogenic composition, isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a CEV serogroup immunogen, methods for detecting La Crosse virus (LACV) infection in a biological sample and infectious chimeric Bunyaviridae.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept.of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Richard S. Bennett, Brian R. Murphy
  • Patent number: 9884104
    Abstract: The invention relates to vaccine compositions including CEV serogroup immunogens, attenuated and inactivated viruses of the CEV serogroup and chimeric Bunyaviridae. Also disclosed are methods of treating or preventing CEV serogroup infection in a mammalian host, methods of producing a subunit vaccine composition or an immunogenic composition, isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a CEV serogroup immunogen, methods for detecting La Crosse virus (LACY) infection in a biological sample and infectious chimeric Bunyaviridae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Richard S. Bennett, Brian R. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20180010099
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dengue virus tetravalent vaccine containing a common 30 nucleotide deletion (?30) in the 3?-untranslated region of the genome of dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or antigenic chimeric dengue viruses of serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: The United States of America,as represented by the Secretary, Department of Helath and Human Service
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Brian R. Murphy, Lewis Markoff, Barry Falgout, Joseph Blaney, Kathryn Hanley, Ching-Juh Lai
  • Publication number: 20180008693
    Abstract: A menu of mutations was developed that is useful in fine-tuning the attenuation and growth characteristics of dengue virus vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Brian R. Murphy, Kathryn A. Hanley, Joseph E. Blaney, Ching-Juh Lai
  • Patent number: 9783787
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dengue virus tetravalent vaccine containing a common 30 nucleotide deletion (?30) in the 3?-untranslated region of the genome of dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or antigenic chimeric dengue viruses of serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Brian R. Murphy, Lewis Markoff, Barry Falgout, Joseph Blaney, Kathryn Hanley, Ching-Juh Lai
  • Patent number: 9707287
    Abstract: The invention features novel attenuated dengue virus mutants and compositions thereof. The invention further features an attenuated dengue virus comprising a proline to leucine change at amino acid position 2343 of non-structural protein 4B (NS4B), wherein the numbering is based upon the prototypic isolate DEN4 Dominica 1981 and the attenuated mutant DEN virus has at least one of the following properties: improved replication in Vero cells or restricted replication in mosquito cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Brian R. Murphy, Kathryn A. Hanley, Joseph E. Blaney, Ching-Juh Lai
  • Publication number: 20170189520
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant respiratory syncytial viruses that contain mutations that make the disclosed viruses attractive vaccine candidates. The viruses disclosed contain attenuating mutations designed to have increased genetic and phenotypic stability. Desired combinations of these mutations can be made to achieve desired levels of attenation. Exemplary vaccine candidates are described. Also provided are polynucleotides capable of encoding the described viruses, as wells as methods for producing the viruses and methods of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY HE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SER
    Inventors: Peter L. Collins, Cindy L. Luongo, Ursula J. Buchholz, Brian R. Murphy
  • Patent number: 9624475
    Abstract: Provided herein are recombinant respiratory syncytial viruses that contain mutations that make the disclosed viruses attractive vaccine candidates. The viruses disclosed contain attenuating mutations designed to have increased genetic and phenotypic stability. Desired combinations of these mutations can be made to achieve desired levels of attenation. Exemplary vaccine candidates are described. Also provided are polynucleotides capable of encoding the described viruses, as wells as methods for producing the viruses and methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Peter L. Collins, Cindy L. Luongo, Ursula J. Buchholz, Brian R. Murphy
  • Patent number: RE46631
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dengue virus tetravalent vaccine containing a common 30 nucleotide deletion (?30) in the 3?-untranslated region of the genome of dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or antigenic chimeric dengue viruses of serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Brian R. Murphy, Lewis Markoff, Barry Falgout, Joseph E. Blaney, Kathryn A. Hanley, Ching-Juh Lai
  • Patent number: RE46641
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dengue virus tetravalent vaccine containing a common 30 nucleotide deletion (?30) in the 3?-untranslated region of the genome of dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or antigenic chimeric dengue viruses of serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Brian R. Murphy, Lewis Markoff, Barry Falgout, Joseph E. Blaney, Kathryn A. Hanley, Ching-Juh Lai