Patents by Inventor Kevin R. Foster

Kevin R. Foster 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).

  • METHODS OF INHIBITING SURFACE ATTACHMENT OF MICROORGANISMS
    Publication number: 20150283208
    Abstract: The invention provides, inter alia, methods of inhibiting virulence of one or more microorganisms, and/or inhibiting one or more microorganisms from attaching to a surface, forming suspended aggregates or a combination thereof, by contacting the one or more microorganisms, the surface, or a combination thereof with a mucin, such as e.g., a purified, native, non-human mucin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Katharina Ribbeck, Ronn S. Friedlander, Kevin R. Foster, Nicole Kavanaugh, Marina Caldara