Patents by Inventor Lawrence S. D. Anthony

Lawrence S. D. Anthony 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).

  • Immune responses using compositions containing stress proteins
    Patent number: 7157089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vaccine for inducing an immune response to an antigen in a vertebrate (e.g., mammal) comprising an antigen and all or a portion of a stress protein or all or a portion of a protein having an amino acid sequence sufficiently homologous to the amino acid sequence of the stress protein to induce the immune response against the antigen. In a particular embodiment, the present invention relates to vaccines and compositions which induce a CTL response in a mammal comprising an antigen and all or a portion of a stress protein. In another embodiment, the invention relates to vaccines and compositions which induce an immune response to an influenza virus in a mammal comprising an antigen of the influenza virus and all or a portion of one or more stress proteins. The invention also relates to vaccines and compositions for inducing a CTL response to a tumor-associated antigen comprising a tumor-associated antigen and all or a portion of the stress protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Stressgen Biotechnologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lee Mizzen, Lawrence S. D. Anthony, Huacheng Bill Wu, Marvin Siegel