Patents by Inventor Ian MacReadie

Ian MacReadie 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).

  • Therapeutic compounds
    Patent number: 6197583
    Abstract: The invention relates to a biologically-active peptide fragment of the Nef protein of human immunodeficiency virus, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these peptides or biologically-active analogues thereof, to antagonists of the peptides and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antagonists, and to therapeutic and screening methods utilizing compounds and compositions of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignees: Biomolecular Research Institute Ltd., Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research Ltd., Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Ahmed Abdullah Azad, Cyril C Curtain, Alison Louise Greenway, Dale Alan McPhee, Ian MacReadie
  • Therapeutic compounds
    Patent number: 5962635
    Abstract: A biologically-active peptide fragment of the Nef protein of human immunodeficiency virus is provided, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptide, analogs or derivatives of the peptide and therepeutic and screening methods which utilize the peptide and compositions which comprise them. The invention is particularly useful in the suppression of the immnune respons or in the suppression of symptoms of autoimmune disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignees: Biomolecular Research Institute Ltd., MacFarlane Burnet Centre For Medical Research Ltd.- Fairfield Hospital, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Ahmed Abdullah Azad, Cyril C Curtain, Alison Louise Greenway, Dale Alan McPhee, Ian MacReadie