Patents by Inventor Claudia Golenda

Claudia Golenda 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 production of Plasmodium causing relapsing malaria
    Patent number: 6090614
    Abstract: This invention provides for recycling parasites and maintaining long-term cultures of P. vivax and P. ovale. Preferred conditions include 1) the immediate transfer of parasites to human reticulocytes during the first and second in vitro culture cycles, 2) the use of McCoy's 5A medium modified with L-glutamine containing 25 mM HEPES buffer supplemented with 20% human AB serum, 3) the continual addition of reticulocytes to the culture every 34-44 hours after the beginning of a new culture cycle, and 4) the use of alternate static (growth and differentiation phase) and shaker (invasion phase) culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Claudia Golenda