Patents by Inventor João Pedro Monteiro e Louro Machado de Simas

João Pedro Monteiro e Louro Machado de Simas 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).

  • Use of the M3 protein of MHV68 to block binding of a chemokine to its receptor
    Patent number: 6843991
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprises M3 protein as encoded by virus MHV 68, or a homologue of said M3 protein, for use in binding to a chemokine or a chemokine analogue in vivo, or to block binding of chemokines to corresponding cell surface receptors in vivo, to produce an immunomodulatory effect, or to bind to a chemokine analogue present in a virus or parasite to block its entry into cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Cambridge University Technical Services Limited
    Inventors: Stacey Efstathiou, Antonio Alcami, Christopher Marc Parry, Vincent Peter Smith, João Pedro Monteiro e Louro Machado de Simas