Patents by Inventor Melanie Duffield

Melanie Duffield 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).

  • Screening process
    Publication number: 20050220812
    Abstract: A method for identifying a vaccine candidate, said method comprising selecting a protein from the proteome of a target organism on the basis of a property selected from a biophysical property or the amino acid composition of that protein. For example, using this method a first set of data for a said property of a one or more vaccine antigens of a particular genus is collected, and a control set of data for said property of one or more random proteins from the same genus is also collected. These datasets are then compared and statistical differences noted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Richard Titball, Carl Mayers, Melanie Duffield, Sonya Rowe, Julie Miller, Bryan Lingard