Patents by Inventor Mark E. T. Penfold

Mark E. T. Penfold 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).

  • CMV vaccines
    Patent number: 7025968
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for inhibiting CMV infection and dissemination in an animal, as well as in vitro and in vivo assay systems for identifying such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: ChemoCentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Schall, Mark E. T. Penfold
  • Methods and compositions useful for stimulating an immune response
    Patent number: 6740324
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions containing modified cytomegalovirus, and methods of using the compositions. In various embodiments, the modifications include adding a heterologous sequence encoding a non-viral chemokine element and/or immunogenic polypeptide, and/or disabling a viral dissemination gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: ChemoCentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Schall, Mark E. T. Penfold
  • Methods and compositions useful for stimulating an immune response
    Publication number: 20040086489
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions containing modified cytomegalovirus, and methods of using the compositions. In various embodiments, the modifications include adding a heterologous sequence encoding a non-viral chemokine element and/or immunogenic polypeptide, and/or disabling a viral dissemination gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: ChemoCentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Schall, Mark E.T. Penfold
  • Inhibition of CMV infection and dissemination
    Publication number: 20030175681
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for inhibiting CMV infection and dissemination in an animal, as well as in vitro and in vivo assay systems for identifying such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas J. Schall, Mark E.T. Penfold
  • Chemomagnetic retrieval of CMV and CMV infected cells
    Publication number: 20020182594
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided herein for collecting CMV and/or CMV infected cells from a host infected with CMV. Such methods and apparatus have utility in tracking the dissemination or infection of the host, use as an in vivo or ex vivo collection mechanism to measure mutation rates and selective pressures after in vivo passage, and in therapeutic treatments in which CMV and/or CMV infected cells are removed from a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Applicant: ChemoCentryx
    Inventors: Thomas J. Schall, Mark E.T. Penfold
  • Methods and compositions useful for stimulating an immune response
    Publication number: 20020176870
    Abstract: The invention provides compositions containing modified cytomegalovirus, and methods of using the compositions. In various embodiments, the modifications include adding a heterologous sequence encoding a non-viral chemokine element and/or immunogenic polypeptide, and/or disabling a viral dissemination gene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: ChemoCentryx, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Schall, Mark E.T. Penfold