Patents by Inventor James C. Zimring

James C. Zimring 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).

  • SPECIFICITY ENHANCING REAGENTS FOR COVID-19 ANTIBODY TESTING
    Publication number: 20230168247
    Abstract: Methods of detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibodies with improved specificity are described. The methods can include contacting a sample potentially containing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies with a reagent to remove non-anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, such as a reagent comprising an epitope from a nucleocapsid protein or spike protein of a common coronavirus. The methods can include contacting the sample with a mutant SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein or spike protein comprising a reduced number of common coronavirus epitopes. The methods can involve comparing results from an immunoassay performed with a SARS-CoV-2 protein to results obtained from immunoassays performed with analogous protein from one or more common coronaviruses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: James C. Zimring, Lindsay Ann Legendre Bazydlo, Joesph Richard Wiencek, James David Gorham, Heather Howie
  • Methods of making monoclonal antibodies using fusion-peptide epitope adoptive transfer (F-PEAT) technology
    Patent number: 8697846
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for related to monoclonal antibodies specific for single amino acid variation in an antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventor: James C. Zimring
  • METHODS OF MAKING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES USING FUSION-PEPTIDE EPITOPE ADOPTIVE TRANSFER (F-PEAT) TECHNOLOGY
    Publication number: 20110191866
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for related to monoclonal antibodies specific for single amino acid variation in an antigen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Emory University Office of Technology Transfer
    Inventor: James C. Zimring