Patents by Inventor Catherine Legras

Catherine Legras 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).

  • Avian erythroblastosis virus vectors for integration and expression of heterologous genes in avian cells
    Patent number: 5252465
    Abstract: A viral vector for the integration and expression of at least one heterologous gene in fowl pest cells consists wholly or in part of the proviral genome of fowl pest erythroblastosis or of a related virus in which said heterologous gene(s) replace(s) the v-erbA gene and/or the v-erB gene. Said gene(s) is(are) controlled either by an LTR promoter of the same virus, in which case the heterologous gene(s); mimics(s) the gene(s) it(they) replace, or by a heterologous promoter, in which case the additional att sequence is situated upstream of said heterologous promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (IMPA)
    Inventors: Victor-Marc Nigon, Gerard Verdier, Yahia Chebloune, Francois-Loic Cosset, Catherine Legras, Astrid Reyss-Brion, Mustapha Belakebi, Francois Mallet, Pierre Savatier, Pierrick Thoraval, Jacques Samarut, Didier Poncet, Claude Bagnis, Miloud Benchaibi