Patents by Inventor Ian Allister Ramshaw

Ian Allister Ramshaw 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).

  • IMMUNOMODULATING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING INTERLEUKIN 13 INHIBITORS AND USES THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20120177668
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to compositions and methods for modulating immune responses. More particularly, the present invention relates to the co-expression, co-location or co-presentation on host cells (e.g. antigen-presenting cells, leukocytes, etc) of an inhibitor of IL-13 function and an immune stimulator that stimulates an immune response to a target antigen in compositions and methods for stimulating protective or therapeutic immune responses to the target antigen. The compositions and methods of the present invention are particularly useful in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of a range of diseases or conditions including pathogenic infections and cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ronald James Jackson, Ian Allister Ramshaw, Charani Ranasinghe
  • Vipox vector coding an HIV antigen and a cytokine
    Patent number: 7276242
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fowl pox virus encoding an HIV antigen (gag and/or pol) and a cytokine (?-interferon).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Virax Immunotherapeutics Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen Kent, Ian Allister Ramshaw, David Bernard Boyle
  • Prime-boost vaccination strategy
    Publication number: 20030191076
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for inducing an immune response to an antigen in a subject. The method comprises administering to the subject DNA encoding the antigen, and subsequently orally administering to the subject a composition comprising transgenic material, wherein the transgenic material comprises a DNA molecule encoding the antigen such that the antigen is expressed in the transgenic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Steve Wesselingh, Ian Barry Dry, Richard Anthony Strugnell, Ian Allister Ramshaw
  • Recombinant vaccine
    Patent number: 5866131
    Abstract: A recombinant vaccine comprises a vaccine vector which incorporates a first nucleotide sequence capable of being expressed as all or a part of an antigenic polypeptide, together with a second nucleotide sequence capable of being expressed as all or a part of a lymphokine effective in enhancing the immune response to the antigenic polypeptide. The vaccine vectors include poxvirus, herpes virus or adenovirus, and the lymphokine may be an interleukin, tumour necrosis factor or gamma-interferon. The vaccine vector may express an antigenic polypeptide which is foreign to the host vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, The Australian National University
    Inventors: Ian Allister Ramshaw, David Bernard Boyle, Barbara Elizabeth Howieson Coupar, Marion Elizabeth Andrew
  • Recombinant vaccine
    Patent number: 5866136
    Abstract: A recombinant vaccine comprises a vaccine vector which incorporates a first nucleotide sequence capable of being expressed as all or a part of an antigenic polypeptide, together with a second nucleotide sequence capable of being expressed as all or a part of a lymphokine effective in enhancing the immune response to the antigenic polypeptide. The vaccine vectors include poxvirus, herpes virus or adenovirus, and the lymphokine may be an interleukin, tumour necrosis factor or gamma-interferon. The vaccine vector may express an antigenic polypeptide which is foreign to the host vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignees: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organisation, The Australian National University
    Inventors: Ian Allister Ramshaw, David Bernard Boyle, Barbara Elizabeth Howieson Coupar, Marion Elizabeth Andrew