Patents by Inventor Francis R. Cano

Francis R. Cano 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).

  • Multivalent pneumococcal vaccine and preparation thereof
    Patent number: 4686102
    Abstract: A multivalent pneumococcal vaccine consisting of immunogenic amounts of purified pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide (substantially absent "C" polysaccharide) of pneumococcal types (Danish designation) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6B, 7F, 8, 9N, 9V, 10A, 11A, 12F, 14, 15B, 17F, 18C, 19A, 19F, 20, 22F, 23F and 33F, and from none to one or both of 6A and 25, and combinations thereof and methods of purifying pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide types 3, 5, 9V, 10A, 11A, 15B, 17F, 19A, 22F and 33F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Mary B. Ritchey, Francis R. Cano, Gerald J. O'Hara, James D. English, Wenlii Lin
  • Stabilization of pneumococcal polysaccharides
    Patent number: 4221906
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide employing glycine or alanine and other amino acids, or albumin, gelatin, protein hydrolysates, and other proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1980
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Merle V. Querry, Francis R. Cano