Patents by Inventor Catherine Georges

Catherine Georges 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).

  • Method for the prevention and treatment of mastitis
    Patent number: 6187800
    Abstract: A method for treating or preventing mastitis in mammals is disclosed. The method contemplates the intramammary injection or dipping the teat with micrococcin antibiotics, preferably micrococcin P1 or P2, which do not interfere with the production of cheese and yoghurt using milk from treated animals. Hydrophobic antibiotics such as micrococcin P1 or P2 can be administered prior to infection to effectively suppress the rate, severity, and duration of subsequent bacterial infection, or can be administered subsequent to infection to effectively treat mastitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Novartis Animal Health U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Bruno Suri, Catherine Georges, John Edmondson Peel
  • Method for the purification of proteins
    Patent number: 5990289
    Abstract: The instant invention relate to a new method for the purification of proteins using copper chelate-affinity chromatography, wherein the impure or pre-purified protein is adsorbed on immobilized copper(II) ions, optionally washed with buffer and deionized water, washed with a solution of a Lewis-base, and finally eluted with deionized water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Pierre Fran.cedilla.ois Fauquex, Catherine Georges
  • Sportman's vest
    Patent number: D453986
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Inventors: Timothy A George, Catherine A George