Patents by Inventor Geoff Allan Pietersz

Geoff Allan Pietersz 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).

  • Antigen carbohydrate compounds and their use in immunotherapy
    Patent number: 6548643
    Abstract: Conjugates between whole antigen or one or more repeated subunits of an antigen and a carbohydrate polymer are described. Also described are immunogenic vaccines against disease states which contain the conjugates and methods for inducing cell-mediated immune responses. The conjugates may especially contain polymers of the carbohydrate mannose and one or more repeated subunits of human mucin or non-repeated regions of human mucin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Austin Research Institute
    Inventors: Ian F. C. McKenzie, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Geoff Allan Pietersz
  • Antigen carbohydrate compounds and their use in immunotherapy
    Patent number: 6177256
    Abstract: Conjugates between one or more repeated subunits of an antigen and a carbohydrate polymer are desired. Also described are immunogenic vaccines against disease states which contain the conjugates and methods for inducing cell-mediated immune responses. The conjugates may especially contain polymers of the carbohydrate mannose and one or more repeated subunits of human mucin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Austin Research Institute
    Inventors: Ian F. C. McKenzie, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Geoff Allan Pietersz