Patents by Inventor John Timothy Ellis

John Timothy Ellis 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).

  • isolate
    Patent number: 7361359
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel Neospora caninum isolate from Nowra and extracts thereof. The strain is useful in the development of diagnostic assays for the detection of parasites in animals. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions, using live or killed organisms or extracts thereof, for the treatment and prevention of parasitic infections in animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: University of Technology, Sydney
    Inventors: John Timothy Ellis, Catherine Margaret Douglas Miller, Helen Elizabeth Quinn
  • Parasite antigens
    Publication number: 20040131633
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polypeptides from N. caninum which are capable of raising an immune response when administered to an animal. Such polypeptides can be used in vaccination strategies for protecting animals, such as cows and dogs, from neosporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: University of Technology, Sydney
    Inventors: John Timothy Ellis, Robert Atkinson, Cheryl Ryce, Helen Elizabeth Quinn, Catherine Margaret Miller, David Andrew Morrison
  • Parasitic protozoan isolate
    Publication number: 20030185852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel Neospora caninum isolate from Nowra and extracts thereof. The strain is useful in the development of diagnostic assays for the detection of parasites in animals. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions, using live or killed organisms or extracts thereof, for the treatment and prevention of parasitic infections in animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: John Timothy Ellis, Catherine Margaret Douglas Miller, Helen Elizabeth Quinn
  • Detection of protozoan parasites
    Patent number: 5942394
    Abstract: Method of detecting a protozoan parasite in a sample containing the parasite, the method comprising the steps of: (a) adding to the sample a pair of flanking oligonucleotide primers, at least one flanking primer being specific for and each being complementary to an opposite strand of a double stranded DNA molecule encoding the ITS1 of the protozoan parasite and flanking a region of the ITS1; (b) further adding to the sample a pair of nested oligonucleotide primers, each nested primer being specific for and complementary to an opposite strand of the DNA encoding the ITS1 of the protozoan parasite, the nested primers being complementary to the region of the ITS1 spanned by the flanking primers; (c) providing buffers, reagents, nucleotides and a thermostable DNA polymerase to the sample to form a reaction mixture; (d) heating the sample to a temperature such that the double stranded DNA encoding the ITS1 of the protozoan parasite denatures to form single stranded DNA molecules; (e) cooling the denatured sample t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Insearch Limited
    Inventors: John Timothy Ellis, Dallas John McMillan