Patents by Inventor Maryse Block

Maryse Block 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).

  • Digalactolipidic Antigen Exposed on the Surface of Apicomplex Parasites, and Diagnostic and Therapeutic Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20100040615
    Abstract: The invention relates to a digalactolipidic antigen exposed on the surface of apicomplex parasites, in the form of a vegetable-type digalactoglycerolipid, and adapted for inducing the production of specific antibodies capable of inhibiting the proliferation and/or the invasive properties of said parasites; the invention also relates to a derived antibody or functional antibody fragment, and to their diagnostic, immunotherapeutic and vaccine applications in human beings or animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicants: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SEIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Cyrille Botte, Nadia Saidani, Maryse Block, Jean-Francois Dubremetz, Henri Vial, Marie-France Cesbron-Delauw, Corinne Mercier, Eric Marechal
  • Screening method involving MGDG synthase
    Patent number: 6924092
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for screening and selecting parasiticides (apicomplex phyllum parasites) and/or herbicides and the uses thereof. Said method consists in incubating a substance to be tested with a MGDG synthase and measuring the specific enzymatic activity, after said incubation. The invention also concerns the use of MGDG synthase or a plant isolated plastid membrane for selecting or screening the products inhibiting the activity of the MGDG synthase, capable of being used as active principles against apicomplex parasites and/or of being used as herbicides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignees: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Eric Marechal, Maryse Block, Jacques Joyard, Roland Douce