Patents by Inventor Glyn Hewinson

Glyn Hewinson 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).

  • Delete sequence in , method for detecting mycobacteria using these sequences and vaccines
    Patent number: 7977047
    Abstract: The present invention is the identification of a nucleotide sequence which make it possible in particular to distinguish an infection resulting from the vast majority of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from an infection resulting from Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium canetti, Mycobacterium microti, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium bovis BCG. The subject of the present invention is also a method for detecting the sequences in question by the products of expression of these sequences and the kits for carrying out these methods. Finally, the subject of the present invention is novel vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Institut Pasteur
    Inventors: Stewart Cole, Roland Brosch, Stephen Gordon, Karin Eiglmeier, Thierry Garnier, Glyn Hewinson
  • Delete sequence in m, tuberculosis, method for detecting mycobacteria using these sequences and vaccines
    Publication number: 20060127897
    Abstract: The present invention is the identification of a nucleotide sequence which make it possible in particular to distinguish an infection resulting from the vast majority of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from an infection resulting from Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium canetti, Mycobacterium microti, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium bovis BCG. The subject of the present invention is also a method for detecting the sequences in question by the products of expression of these sequences and the kits for carrying out these methods. Finally, the subject of the present invention is novel vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Stewart Cole, Roland Brosch, Stephen Gordon, Karin Eiglmeier, Thierry Garnier, Glyn Hewinson