Patents by Inventor Joel Peek
Joel Peek 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).
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Patent number: 8143024Abstract: The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia trachomatis, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia trachomatis genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia trachomatis infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Merck Serono BiodevelopmentInventors: Rémy Griffais, Susan K. Hoiseth, Robert J. Zagursky, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Joel A. Peek, Banumathi Sankaran, Leah D. Fletcher
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Publication number: 20110159041Abstract: The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia trachomatis, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia trachomatis genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia trachomatis infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: SERONO GENETICS INSTITUTE S.A.Inventors: Remy Griffais, Susan K. Hoiseth, Robert J. Zagursky, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Joel A. Peek, Banumathi Sankaran, Leah D. Fletcher
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Patent number: 7910329Abstract: The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia trachomatis, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia trachomatis genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia trachomatis infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Serono Genetics Institute S.A.Inventors: Rémy Griffais, Susan K. Hoiseth, Robert J. Zagursky, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Joel A. Peek, Banumathi Sankaran, Leah D. Fletcher
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Publication number: 20090274701Abstract: The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia pneumoniae, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia pneumoniae genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2009Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: Serono Genetics Institute S.A.Inventors: REMY GRIFFAIS, Susan K. Hoiseth, Robert John Zagursky, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Joel A. Peek, Banumathi Sankaran, Leah Diane Fletcher
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Publication number: 20090274719Abstract: The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia trachomatis, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia trachomatis genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia trachomatis infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2009Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: SERONO GENETICS INSTITUTE S.A.Inventors: REMY GRIFFAIS, SUSAN K. HOISETH, ROBERT JOHN ZAGURSKY, BENJAMIN J. METCALF, JOEL A. PEEK, BANUMATHI SANKARAN, LEAH DIANE FLETCHER
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Patent number: 7601531Abstract: The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia pneumoniae, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia pneumoniae genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2006Date of Patent: October 13, 2009Assignee: Serono Genetics Institute S.A.Inventors: Rémy Griffais, Susan K. Hoiseth, Robert J. Zagursky, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Joel A. Peek, Banumathi Sankaran, Leah D. Fletcher
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Patent number: 7575913Abstract: The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia trachomatis, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia trachomatis genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia trachomatis infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2006Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Serono Genetics Institute S.A.Inventors: Rémy Griffais, Susan K. Hoiseth, Robert J. Zagursky, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Joel A. Peek, Banumathi Sankaran, Leah D. Fletcher
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Patent number: 7384640Abstract: A mutant cholera holotoxin featuring a point mutation at amino acid 29 of the A subunit, wherein the glutamic acid residue is replaced by an amino acid other than aspartic acid, is useful as an adjuvant in an antigenic composition to enhance the immune response in a vertebrate host to a selected antigen from a pathogenic bacterium, virus, fungus or parasite. In a particular embodiment, the amino acid 29 is histidine. The mutant cholera holotoxin may contain at least one additional mutation in the A subunit at a position other than amino acid 29. The antigenic composition may include a second adjuvant in addition to the mutant cholera holotoxin.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1999Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignees: Wyeth Holdings Corporation, The United States of America as represented by the Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesInventors: Randall K. Holmes, Michael G. Jobling, John H. Eldridge, Bruce A. Green, Gerald E. Hancock, Joel A. Peek
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Publication number: 20070053927Abstract: The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia pneumoniae, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia pneumoniae genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2006Publication date: March 8, 2007Applicant: Serono Genetics Institute S.A.Inventors: Remy Griffais, Susan Hoiseth, Robert Zagursky, Benjamin Metcalf, Joel Peek, Banumathi Sankaran, Leah Fletcher
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Publication number: 20060234260Abstract: The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia trachomatis, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia trachomatis genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia trachomatis infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2006Publication date: October 19, 2006Applicant: Serono Genetics Institute S.A.Inventors: Remy Griffais, Susan Hoiseth, Robert Zagursky, Benjamin Metcalf, Joel Peek, Banumathi Sankaran, Leah Fletcher
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Patent number: 7101963Abstract: The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia pneumoniae, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia pneumoniae genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2002Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Serono Genetica Institute S.A.Inventors: Rémy Griffais, Susan K. Hoiseth, Robert J. Zagursky, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Joel A. Peek, Banumathi Sankaran, Leah D. Fletcher
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Patent number: 7041490Abstract: The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia trachomatis, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia trachomatis genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia trachomatis infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1998Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Assignee: Serono Genetics Institute, S.A.Inventors: Remy Griffais, Susan K. Hoiseth, Robert John Zagursky, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Joel A. Peek, Banumathi Sankaran, Leah Diane Fletcher
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Publication number: 20040006218Abstract: The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia pneumoniae, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia pneumoniae genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2002Publication date: January 8, 2004Applicant: Genset S.A.Inventors: Remy Griffais, Susan K. Hoiseth, Robert John Zagursky, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Joel A. Peek, Banumathi Sankaran, Leah Diane Fletcher
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Patent number: 6559294Abstract: The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia pneumoniae, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or specific, or which are involved in metabolism, in the replication process or in virulence, polypeptides encoded by such sequences, as well as vectors including the said sequences and cells or animals transformed with these vectors. The invention also relates to transcriptional gene products of the Chlamydia pneumoniae genome, such as, for example, antisense and ribozyme molecules, which can be used to control growth of the microorganism. The invention also relates to methods of detecting these nucleic acids or polypeptides and kits for diagnosing Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. The invention also relates to a method of selecting compounds capable of modulating bacterial infection and a method for the biosynthesis or biodegradation of molecules of interest using the said nucleotide sequences or the said polypeptides.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1998Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Genset, S.A.Inventors: Remy Griffais, Susan K. Hoiseth, Robert John Zagursky, Benjamin J. Metcalf, Joel A. Peek, Banumathi Sankaran, Leah Diane Fletcher
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Patent number: 6309851Abstract: A method to inhibit the function of a class of bacterial periplasmic oxidoreductase enzymes, exemplified by TcpG of Vibrio cholerae, DsbA of E. coli, and Por of Haemophilus influenzae, is disclosed. A screening method to determine whether a chemical inhibits the function of the oxidoreductase enzymes is disclosed. Mutant bacteria lacking the ability to produce a functional periplasmic oxidoreductase and a cloned expression vector overproducing TcpG are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1998Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research CorporationInventors: Ronald K. Taylor, Joel A. Peek
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Patent number: 5786166Abstract: A screening method to determine whether a chemical inhibits the function of a class of bacterial periplasmic oxidoreductase enzymes, exemplified by TcpG of Vibrio cholerae, DsbA E. coli, and Por of Haemophilus influenzae, id disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 1995Date of Patent: July 28, 1998Assignee: University of Tennessee Research CorporationInventors: Ronald K. Taylor, Joel A. Peek
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Patent number: 5382660Abstract: A method for increasing the yield of recombinant non-bacterial or bacterial gene products from bacteria comprising inserting a non-bacterial or bacterial gene into the genetic material of the bacteria whereby the inserted gene is co-expressed with a desired recombinant non-bacterial or bacterial gene product and aids the arrangement of the gene product into the proper final conformation. The non-bacterial or bacterial gene for insertion into the genetic material is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1991Date of Patent: January 17, 1995Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research CorporationInventors: Ronald K. Taylor, Joel A. Peek