Patents by Inventor Cinzia Giuseppina Scarpini

Cinzia Giuseppina Scarpini 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).

  • Herpesviral vectors for gene delivery
    Publication number: 20020015695
    Abstract: A mutant herpesvirus in which (a) an early gene encoding a function required for expression of late gene products has been inactivated, e.g. by deletion; and in which (b) a viral gene essential for production of infectious new virus particles has been inactivated, preferably by deletion; and in which (c) a gene to be delivered to a target cell has been inserted together with regulatory elements for its expression in a target cell, can be used as a gene delivery vector for gene delivery e.g. to central nervous system cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Stacey Efstathiou, Robin Henry Lachmann, Cinzia Giuseppina Scarpini
  • Treatment of papillomavirus-associated lesions
    Patent number: 6096869
    Abstract: Interleukin-12 (IL-12) or a functional analogue thereof, or a polynucleotide encoding IL-12 or encoding a functional analogue thereof, is used as a therapeutic material or adjuvant in treating papillomavirus-associated lesions e.g. warts due to HPV 6 and/or 11, e.g. condyloma acuminata. IL-12 or a vector encoding it for endogenous production can be used together with a vaccine such as a papillomavirus antigen, or a vector encoding a papillomavirus antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Cambridge University Technical Services, Ltd.
    Inventors: Margaret Anne Stanley, Cinzia Giuseppina Scarpini