Patents by Inventor Eric M. Bonnem

Eric M. Bonnem 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).

  • Use of GM-CSF as a vaccine adjuvant
    Patent number: 5679356
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for enhancing the immune response of a mammal to a vaccine by administering to such a mammal an effective amount of GM-CSF in conjunction with a vaccine. The present invention further provides for pharmaceutical compositions containing an effective amount of GM-CSF and a vaccine. Kits containing GM-CSF and a vaccine are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventors: Eric M. Bonnem, Imtiaz A. Chaudry, Elliot Stupak
  • Treatment of luekocyte dysfunction with GM-CSF
    Patent number: 5178855
    Abstract: A method of treating leukocyte dysfunction in a mammal, preferably a human, wherein said dysfunction is associated with pyhsical trauma, is disclosed. Preferably the method is used wherein the dysfunction is associated with thermal injury. The method comprises administering to the mammal an effective amount of GM-CSF to potentiate the function of the dysfunctional leukocytes.The use of GM-CSF for the manufacture of a medicament for use in treating a patient having such leukocyte dysfunction and a pharmaceutical composition comprising GM-CSF for use in such treating are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Schering Corporation
    Inventor: Eric M. Bonnem