Patents by Inventor Maureen BOYD

Maureen BOYD 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).

  • DUAL VECTOR FOR INHIBITION OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
    Publication number: 20220016176
    Abstract: The present invention provides an expression vector for preventing or inhibiting HIV entry, fusion or replication in mammalian cells. In particular, the invention provides a recombinant retroviral vector that encodes an inhibitor of a HIV co-receptor, such as CCR5 or CXCR4, and a protein that inhibits HIV fusion to target cells and/or HIV replication. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such constructs and methods of use thereof to prevent or treat HIV infection in a patient are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Irvin CHEN, Dong Sung AN, Michelle MILLINGTON, Maureen BOYD, Geoffrey P. SYMONDS, Louis Randall BRETON
  • DUAL VECTOR FOR INHIBITION OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
    Publication number: 20160243169
    Abstract: The present invention provides an expression vector for preventing or inhibiting HIV entry, fusion or replication in mammalian cells. In particular, the invention provides a recombinant retroviral vector that encodes an inhibitor of a HIV co-receptor, such as CCR5 or CXCR4, and a protein that inhibits HIV fusion to target cells and/or HIV replication. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such constructs and methods of use thereof to prevent or treat HIV infection in a patient are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Irvin CHEN, Dong Sung AN, Michelle MILLINGTON, Maureen BOYD, Geoffrey P. SYMONDS, Louis Randall BRETON