Patents by Inventor Margaret Beucher

Margaret Beucher 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).

  • Isolated FrpB nucleic acid molecule and vaccine
    Publication number: 20050271681
    Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule that encodes an aminoacid sequence comprising a FrpB protein. The invention also provides vaccine compositions capable of protecting a mammal against infection by N. gonorrhoeae or N. meningitidis comprising the FrpB protein encoded by the isolated nucleic acid of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: P. Sparling, Margaret Beucher
  • Isolated FrpB nucleic acid molecule and vaccine
    Publication number: 20030096368
    Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule that encodes an amino acid sequence comprising a FrpB protein. The invention also provides vaccine compositions capable of protecting a mammal against infection by N. gonorrhoeae or N. meningitidis comprising the FrpB protein encoded by the isolated nucleic acid of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: P. Frederick Sparling, Margaret Beucher
  • Isolated FrpB nucleic acid molecule
    Patent number: 6265567
    Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule that encodes an amino acid sequence comprising a FrpB protein. The invention also provides vaccine compositions capable of protecting a mammal against infection by N. gonorrhoeae or N. meningitidis comprising the FrpB protein encoded by the isolated nucleic acid of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: P. Frederick Sparling, Margaret Beucher