Patents by Inventor Deborah A. Terry

Deborah A. Terry 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).

  • Bacterial expression systems
    Publication number: 20030224009
    Abstract: An inducible expression system is provided that includes an inducible ansB promoter co-dependently regulatable by cyclic AMP and anaerobiosis. The expression system is particularly suited to chromosomal expression of immunogenic proteins in attenuated bacterial vaccines. Protein expression from an E. coli-derived ansB promoter is particularly effective in a Salmonella host bacterium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Tamsin Deborah Terry, Michael Paul Jennings
  • Haemagglutinin antigen
    Publication number: 20030219454
    Abstract: Haemagglutinin polypeptides and encoding nucleic acids are isolated from eleven strains of Haemophilus paragallinarum. The haemagglutinin polypeptides are useful in vaccines for immunization against infectious coryza in chickens, as are the encoding nucleic acids when expressed in attenuated bacteria. Also provided are methods of use of the haemagglutinin polypeptides and nucleic acids for detection and diagnosis of, and immunization against, infectious coryza in chickens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: Tamsin Deborah Terry, Hsing-Ju Tseng, Rhonda Ivy Hobb, Michael Paul Jennings, John Downes
  • Tracheostomy dressing
    Patent number: 5058579
    Abstract: A tracheostomy dressing comprising an occlusive adhesive-backed dressing, a means for securing a tracheostomy tube to the occlusive dressing and a means for attaching a absorbent pad for collecting tracheal secretions to the occlusive dressing. The tracheostomy dressing is both tie-less and gauze-less and provides advantages of a functional as well as a cosmetic nature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Inventors: Deborah A. Terry, John T. Terry