Patents by Inventor James L. Bittle

James L. Bittle 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).

  • Synthetic picornavirus antigen
    Patent number: 4769237
    Abstract: A specific synthetic antigenic peptide that contains a sequence of about 20 amino acid residues corresponding to a certain region of the antigenic picornavirus capsid protein such as the VP1 capsids of foot-and-mouth disease and poliomyelitis viruses. That region is located at a distance of about 60 to about 75 percent of the total amino acid length measured from the amino-terminus. Specific synthetic peptide-containing vaccines that produce antibodies that protect animal hosts from the picornaviruses, as well as antibodies to and diagnostics for Picornavirus antigens are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1988
    Inventors: James L. Bittle, Richard A. Lerner
  • Synthetic foot and mouth disease antigen
    Patent number: 4544500
    Abstract: Synthetic antigens in which the principal antigenicity derives from synthetic peptide corresponding to the 130-160 region of the foot-and-mouth disease virus are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1985
    Assignee: Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation
    Inventors: James L. Bittle, Richard A. Lerner
  • Feline rhinotracheitis vaccine and production and use thereof
    Patent number: 4287178
    Abstract: The propagation and modification of feline viral rhinotracheitis (FVR) virus in feline tissue cultures and the development of a vaccine useful for the prevention of feline viral rhinotracheitis in cats, said vaccine comprising a modified FVR virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1981
    Assignee: Pitman-Moore, Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Bittle