Patents by Inventor Maria Fort

Maria Fort 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).

  • Effective vaccination against European strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus prior to weaning
    Patent number: 11090376
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified live European PRRS viruses (whether or not recombinant) that have been at all times cultured, maintained, and/or attenuated on non-simian cells, typically porcine cells, wherein such cells express a porcine CD163 receptor, and whereinby vaccines prepared from such viruses are safe and efficacious, and permit the pre-weaning single dose vaccination of swine, typically as early as Day 1 of life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Zoetis Services LLC
    Inventors: Jay Gregory Calvert, Monica Balasch, Maria Fort, Douglas S. Pearce, Marcia L. Keith
  • EFFECTIVE VACCINATION AGAINST EUROPEAN STRAINS OF PORCINE REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME (PRRS) VIRUS PRIOR TO WEANING
    Publication number: 20190365881
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified live European PRRS viruses (whether or not recombinant) that have been at all times cultured, maintained, and/or attenuated on non-simian cells, typically porcine cells, wherein such cells express a porcine CD163 receptor, and whereinby vaccines prepared from such viruses are safe and efficacious, and permit the pre-weaning single dose vaccination of swine, typically as early as Day 1 of life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Jay Gregory Calvert, Monica Balasch, Maria Fort, Douglas S. Pearce, Marcia L. Keith