Patents by Inventor Erica Bickerton

Erica Bickerton 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).

  • Patent number: 11202825
    Abstract: The present invention provides a live, attenuated coronavirus comprising a mutation in non-structural protein nsp-3 and/or deletion of accessory proteins 3a and 3b. The coronavirus may be used as a vaccine for treating and/or preventing a disease, such as infectious bronchitis, in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Erica Bickerton, Sarah Keep, Paul Britton
  • Publication number: 20190022214
    Abstract: The present invention provides a live, attenuated coronavirus comprising a mutation in non-structural protein nsp-3 and/or deletion of accessory proteins 3a and 3b. The coronavirus may be used as a vaccine for treating and/or preventing a disease, such as infectious bronchitis, in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Erica Bickerton, Sarah Keep, Paul Britton
  • Patent number: 10130701
    Abstract: The present invention provides a live, attenuated coronavirus comprising a variant replicase gene encoding polyproteins comprising a mutation in one or more of non-structural protein(s) (nsp)-10, nsp-14, nsp-15 or nsp-16. The coronavirus may be used as a vaccine for treating and/or preventing a disease, such as infectious bronchitis, in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Erica Bickerton, Sarah Keep, Paul Britton
  • Patent number: 9969777
    Abstract: The present invention provides an infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) spike protein (S protein) which is based on an S protein from an IBV strain with restricted tissue tropism, but which comprises the sequence XBBXBX in the part of the S2 protein corresponding to residues 686 to 691 of the sequence given as SEQ ID No. 2, where B is a basic residue and X is any amino acid; and which comprises at least one of the following amino acid substitutions with reference to the position numbering of SEQ ID NO:2: Leucine (L) to Phenylalanine (F) at position 578 Asparagine (N) to Serine (S) at position 617 Asparagine (N) to Serine (S) at position 826 Leucine (L) to Phenylalanine (F) at position 857 and Isoleucine (I) to Valine (V) at position 1000 such that an IBV virus comprising the S protein has extended tissue tropism. The present invention also provides a virus comprising such an S protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Paul Britton, Erica Bickerton
  • Publication number: 20170216427
    Abstract: The present invention provides a live, attenuated coronavirus comprising a variant replicase gene encoding polyproteins comprising a mutation in one or more of non-structural protein(s) (nsp)-10, nsp-14, nsp-15 or nsp-16. The coronavirus may be used as a vaccine for treating and/or preventing a disease, such as infectious bronchitis, in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Erica Bickerton, Sarah Keep, Paul Britton
  • Publication number: 20160060303
    Abstract: The present invention provides an infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) spike protein (S protein) which is based on an S protein from an IBV strain with restricted tissue tropism, but which comprises the sequence XBBXBX in the part of the S2 protein corresponding to residues 686 to 691 of the sequence given as SEQ ID No. 2, where B is a basic residue and X is any amino acid; and which comprises at least one of the following amino acid substitutions with reference to the position numbering of SEQ ID NO:2: Leucine (L) to Phenylalanine (F) at position 578 Asparagine (N) to Serine (S) at position 617 Asparagine (N) to Serine (S) at position 826 Leucine (L) to Phenylalanine (F) at position 857 and Isoleucine (I) to Valine (V) at position 1000 such that an IBV virus comprising the S protein has extended tissue tropism. The present invention also provides a virus comprising such an S protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Britton, Erica Bickerton
  • Patent number: 8828407
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chimaeric coronavirus S protein which is based on an S protein from a coronavirus strain with restricted tissue tropism, but which comprises at least part of the S2 subunit from a coronavirus strain with extended tissue tropism, such that a virus comprising the chimaeric S protein has extended tissue tropism. The present invention also provides a virus comprising such a chimaeric S protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Pirbright Institute
    Inventors: Paul Britton, Erica Bickerton, Maria Armesto
  • Publication number: 20120177675
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chimaeric coronavirus S protein which is based on an S protein from a coronavirus strain with restricted tissue tropism, but which comprises at least part of the S2 subunit from a coronavirus strain with extended tissue tropism, such that a virus comprising the chimaeric S protein has extended tissue tropism. The present invention also provides a virus comprising such a chimaeric S protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH
    Inventors: Paul Britton, Erica Bickerton, Maria Armesto