Patents by Inventor James H. Gillespie

James H. Gillespie 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).

  • Temperature sensitive reassortant viruses and a vaccine against equine influenza
    Patent number: 4683137
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and resulting temperature-sensitive (ts) reassortant virus produced by modifying wild-type equine influenza viruses by utilizing mutagenized human influenza viruses possessing ts lesions and shut off temperatures in the area of 37.degree.-39.degree. C., preferably 37.degree.-38.degree. C. When utilized as a vaccine for equines, these temperature-sensitive recombinant viruses have the facility to develop only mild symptoms while producing protection against infectious equine influenzal disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1987
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Leroy Coggins, Brian R. Murphy, Dorothy F. Holmes, Lynne J. Anguish, James H. Gillespie