Patents by Inventor Jane Grundy

Jane Grundy 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).

  • Relating to the detection of viruses
    Patent number: 5883225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides from clinical isolates of cytomegalovirus encoded by the gB coding region which include at least one amino acid variation which is a substitution, insertion or deletion wherein the polypeptides otherwise retain the character of cytomegalovirus. The amino acid variations include changes to neutralizing epitopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine
    Inventors: Jane Grundy, Vincent Emery, Paul Griffiths
  • Variants of cytomegalovirus gB
    Patent number: 5567582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for detecting DNA, or a fragment thereof, that includes at least one sequence variation in relation to the sequence of a genomic region of a CMV strain that corresponds to the gB gene, with the proviso that the variation is not that found in the Towne strain of CMV, and that a CMV genome having the sequence variation would be capable of reproduction in a host system which supports reproduction of wild type CMV. The invention further relates to primers suitable for use in such a process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine
    Inventors: Jane Grundy, Vincent Emery