Patents by Inventor Laurence HOWELLS

Laurence HOWELLS 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).

  • OLIGOSACCHARIDE CONJUGATES AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20180021439
    Abstract: There is provided a method of detecting in a sample the presence of an anti-M and/or anti-A and/or anti-C/Y antibody, the method comprising contacting the sample with a diagnostic conjugate provided according to the invention, comprising an oligosaccharide which comprises at least two units of 4,6-dideoxy-4-acylamido-?-pyranose and comprising at least one -(1-3)- link between adjacent 4,6-dideoxy-4-acylamido-?-pyranose units, in which the carbon at position 5 in the pyranose is linked to an R group, where R is independently selected from —CH2OH, —H or an alkyl group having at least one C atom, the oligosaccharide being covalently linked to a non-saccharide molecule or to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicants: THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS, THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
    Inventors: John MCGIVEN, David BUNDLE, Laurence HOWELLS, Julie GUIARD, Vijaya Ganesh NARAYANASWAMY
  • OLIGOSACCHARIDE CONJUGATES AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20160067345
    Abstract: There is provided a method of detecting in a sample the presence of an anti-M and/or anti-A and/or anti-C/Y anti-body, the method comprising contacting the sample with a diagnostic conjugate provided according to the invention, comprising an oligosaccharide which comprises at least two units of 4,6-dideoxy-4-acylamido-?-pyranose and comprising at least one -(1-3)-link between adjacent 4,6-dideoxy-4-acylamido-?-pyranose units, in which the carbon at position 5 in the pyranose is linked to an R group, where R is independently selected from —CH2OH, —H or an alkyl group having at least one C atom, the oligosaccharide being covalently linked to a non-saccharide molecule or to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicants: THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS, THE GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
    Inventors: John MCGIVEN, David BUNDLE, Laurence HOWELLS, Julie GUIARD, Vijaya Ganesh NARAYANASWAMY