Patents by Inventor Kathryn E. Wright

Kathryn E. Wright 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).

  • Homogeneous isolate of urabe mumps virus and vaccines containing the isolate
    Patent number: 5783194
    Abstract: A new attenuated substantially homogeneous Urabe mumps virus strain characterized by having a codon encoding glutamic acid at amino acid position 335 of the haemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) protein is provided. The codon may be GAA resulting in the abolition of an MseI restriction enzyme recognition site in the native virus. The invention also provides a gene encoding the HN (Glu-335) protein. The virus has utility in attenuated mumps vaccines, and as an antigen and immunogen in diagnostic embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: University of Ottawa
    Inventors: Earl G. Brown, Kathryn E. Wright, Kenneth D. Dimock