Patents by Inventor Courtney Wilkins

Courtney Wilkins 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).

  • Development of a simple animal model for infection by viruses and other obligate intracellular parasites
    Patent number: 7932430
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for studying pathogenesis of mammalian viruses. In particular, the present invention provides a nonhuman animal model system for studying disease mechanisms wherein the nonhuman animal model is infected with an animal virus. In a preferred embodiment the animal model is C. elegans and the animal virus is vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Marie Chow, Courtney Wilkins, Khaled Machaca
  • Method of detecting disease conditions in infected with animal virus
    Patent number: 7326528
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for studying pathogenesis of mammalian viruses. In particular, the present invention provides a nonhuman animal model system for studying disease mechanism wherein the nonhuman animal model is infected with an animal virus. In a preferred embodiment, the animal model is C. elegans and the animal virus is vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Marie Chow, Courtney Wilkins, Khaled Machaca
  • Development of a simple animal model for infection by viruses and other obligate intracellular parasites
    Publication number: 20050100884
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for studying pathogenesis of mammalian viruses. In particular, the present invention provides a nonhuman animal model system for studying disease mechanism wherein the nonhuman animal model is infected with an animal virus. In a preferred embodiment, the animal model is C. elegans and the animal virus is vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Marie Chow, Courtney Wilkins, Khaled Machaca