Patents by Inventor Hélène Plotnicky

Hélène Plotnicky 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).

  • Method of generating and/or increasing an immune response against RSV
    Patent number: 7524627
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and more particularly to the identification of novel antigens which are useful in particular for the therapeutic and prophylactic treatment of conditions caused by this virus. The present invention relates to methods of generating and/or increasing an immunogenic response directed against Respiratory Syncytial Virus, including subgroups A and B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Pierre Fabre Medicament
    Inventors: Nathalie Corvaia, Thien Ngoc Nguyen, Alain Beck, Hélène Plotnicky
  • Peptides of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) G protein and their use in a vaccine
    Patent number: 7309494
    Abstract: The invention concerns novel immunogenic peptides derived from the RSV G protein of the sub-group A or B comprising at least: a first peptide derived from the BRSV G protein of sub-group A or B including at least in position 173, 176, 182 and 186 a cysteine and whereof the C-terminal end includes at most the amino acid in position 192; and a second peptide derived from the RSV protein of sub-group A or B, said second peptide being located downstream of said first protein, so that the immunogenic peptide produced has a disulphide bond linking residues 173 and 186 and a second disulphide bond linking residues 176 and 182.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Pierre Fabre Medicament
    Inventors: Nathalie Corvaia, Thien Nguyen Ngoc, Alain Beck, Hélène Plotnicky