Patents by Inventor Konstance K. Knox

Konstance K. Knox 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).

  • Human virus associated with chronic fatigue immune deficiency syndrome and assay therefore
    Patent number: 5827750
    Abstract: A method for the detection of the presence or absence of antibodies which bind to antigens of an NMA virus indicative of Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome is disclosed. This method comprises contacting a solution containing antigens of an NMA virus with a biological sample of a patient and detecting the antibody-antigen complexes. Methods for detection of the presence or absence of antigens or nucleic acid sequences specific to an NMA virus are also disclosed. A substantially purified preparation of an NMA virus and a human cell line chronically infected with an NMA virus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney E. Grossberg, Vladimir M. Kushnaryov, L. William Cashdollar, Donald R. Carrigan, Konstance K. Knox
  • Human virus associated with chronic fatigue immune deficiency syndrome and assay therefore
    Patent number: 5545550
    Abstract: A method for the detection of the presence or absence of antibodies which bind to antigens of an NMA virus Deficiency is disclosed. This method comprises contacting a solution containing antigens of an NMA virus with a biological sample of a patient and detecting the antibody-antigen complexes. Methods for detection of the presence or absence of antigens or nucleic acid sequences specific to an NMA virus are also disclosed. A substantially purified preparation of an NMA virus and a human cell line chronically infected with an NMA virus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
    Inventors: Sidney E. Grossberg, Vladimir M. Kushnaryov, L. William Cashdollar, Donald R. Carrigan, Konstance K. Knox