Patents by Inventor James A. Vick

James A. Vick 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).

  • Patent number: 4292308
    Abstract: A method is provided for treatment of animals exposed to or subject to exposure to organophosphate animal poisonous nerve agents. The animals are injected with an effective amount of modified neurotoxin, preferably intramuscularly or intravenously, either prior to or shortly after exposure to the nerve agents. Particularly when the injection is administered prior to exposure, and where the dosage is of a higher amount, certain compositions achieve 100% survivors of Rhesus monkeys, even in the face of a challenge of 5 LD.sub.50 of the nerve agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1981
    Assignee: Biotherapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Murray J. Sanders, James A. Vick
  • Patent number: 4254519
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for collecting bee venom by inducing a bee to sting a fabric covered glass plate in which the fabric is a finely woven material having a surface generally impermeable to a bee stinger and the barbs associated therewith, drying the venom and removing the venom from said plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1981
    Inventors: James A. Vick, Charles S. Castner