Patents by Inventor Charles Bix Shoemaker

Charles Bix Shoemaker 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: 20090163433
    Abstract: The use of a nucleic acid molecule encoding FAS in a nematode or arthropod, or a fragment or variant thereof, to identify or produce FAS as a target for: endectocide; anthelmintic and/or insecticide; development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: AgResearch Limited
    Inventors: Warwick Norman Grant, Zainab Ibrahim Issa, Anton Pernthaner, Charles Bix Shoemaker, Dairu Shu, Susan Josephine Stasiuk
  • Publication number: 20080286817
    Abstract: The present invention is related to novel nucleotide sequences encoding a louse allergen and a methods for diagnosing, treating and preventing lice infestation and associated allergic disease with the nucleotide sequences and protein allergen of the invention. The present invention also relates to kits for diagnostic assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: OVITA LIMITED
    Inventors: Alexander Terrance Pfeffer, Charles Bix Shoemaker
  • Patent number: 7326774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an isolated monoclonal antibody mAb PAB-1, deposited at ATCC on 24 Jan. 2002 and accorded accession PTA-4005, which binds to a surface antigen on nematode L3. It also relates to the antigen which binds to the monoclonal antibody and uses for the monoclonal antibody and antigen in diagnosing and treating or preventing nematode infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Ovita Limited
    Inventors: Gavin Bernard Lear Harrison, Wayne Robert Hein, Hugh Douglas Pulford, Charles Bix Shoemaker
  • Patent number: 7294477
    Abstract: The present invention is related to novel nucleoli sequences encoding a louse allergen and a methods for diagnosing, treating and preventing lice infestation and associated allergic disease with the nucleoli sequences and protein allergen of the invention. The present invention also relates to kits for diagnostic assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Ovita Limited
    Inventors: Alexander Terrance Pfeffer, Charles Bix Shoemaker
  • Publication number: 20040214172
    Abstract: The present invention is related to novel nucleotide sequences encoding a louse allergen and a methods for diagnosing, treating and preventing lice infestation and associated allergic disease with the nucleotide sequences and protein allergen of the invention. The present invention also relates to kits for diagnostic assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: Alexander Terrance Pfeffer, Charles Bix Shoemaker