Patents by Inventor Mark D. Cochran

Mark D. Cochran 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).

  • Attenuated pseudorabies virus which has a deletion in at least a portion of a repeat sequence and vaccine containing same
    Patent number: 4877737
    Abstract: Attenuated pseudorabies viruses are provided which comprise DNA including a sequence essential for replication of the attenuated virus, at least a portion of which is present in a sequence essential for replication of a naturally-occurring pseudorabies virus, from which at least a portion of a repeat sequence has been deleted. These viruses are useful as vaccines for immunizing animals against pseudorabies virus disease.The invention also provides methods of preparing attenuated pseudorabies viruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Assignee: PruTech Research and Development Partnership
    Inventors: Meng-Fu Shih, Mark D. Cochran, Richard D. Macdonald