Patents by Inventor Kunal Saha

Kunal Saha 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).

  • Patent number: 6887977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to human immunodeficiency viruses 1 (HIV-1) that infect CD8-positive cells using CD8 as a receptor, to detection methods for the viruses and to prophylactic and therapeutic methods for infection by the viruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Children's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventor: Kunal Saha
  • Publication number: 20010051373
    Abstract: Certain clones of CD4+ cells from an HIV-infected patient who has not progressed to AIDS exhibit the ability to inhibit HIV replication at a stage subsequent to entry of the HIV-1 virus into the cell and integration of viral cDNA into the cellular genome. These cells secrete a soluble factor different from known cytokines and chemokines that can, inhibit infection of lymphocytes by SI HIV-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventor: KUNAL SAHA