Patents by Inventor Eric Thomas Beck

Eric Thomas Beck 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).

  • Chimeric west nile/dengue viruses
    Patent number: 8715689
    Abstract: The disclosure provides chimeric West Nile/Dengue viruses comprising non-coding regions, non-structural proteins, and a C protein from a West Nile virus and prM and E proteins from a Dengue virus. Also disclosed are methods of using the chimeric viruses in diagnosis of Dengue viral infection, assessment of candidate Dengue virus vaccine efficacy, and production of Dengue prM and E proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Inventors: Claire Y. H. Kinney, Eric Thomas Beck, Richard M. Kinney
  • CHIMERIC WEST NILE/DENGUE VIRUSES
    Publication number: 20110150771
    Abstract: The disclosure provides chimeric West Nile/Dengue viruses comprising non-coding regions, non-structural proteins, and a C protein from a West Nile virus and prM and E proteins from a Dengue virus. Also disclosed are methods of using the chimeric viruses in diagnosis of Dengue viral infection, assessment of candidate Dengue virus vaccine efficacy, and production of Dengue prM and E proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Claire Y.H. Kinney, Eric Thomas Beck, Richard M. Kinney