Patents by Inventor Melissa Joy Nicholson

Melissa Joy Nicholson 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).

  • Publication number: 20030124142
    Abstract: An immunomodulator which includes an antigen-presenting-cell (APC) targeting molecule coupled to an immunomodulatory antigen, wherein the APC-targeting molecule mimics a superantigen but does not include a fully functional T-cell receptor binding site. Also disclosed are a method of therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of a disorder, including administrating to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition or a vaccine containing the immunomodulator; use of the immunomodulator for the preparation of a medicament for the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of a disorder; and a method of preparing the immunomodulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: John David Fraser, Melissa Joy Nicholson