Patents by Inventor Merle V. Querry

Merle V. Querry 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).

  • Purification of pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides
    Patent number: 4242501
    Abstract: A multivalent pneumococcal vaccine of the group consisting of immunogenic amounts of purified pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide (substantially absent "C" polysaccharide) of pneumococcal types (Danish designation) 1, 2, 3, 4, 6A, 6B, 7F, 8, 9N, 12F, 14, 18C, 19F, 20, 23F, and 25 and combinations thereof and methods of purifying pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide types 1, 2, 3, 4, 6A, 6B, 7F, 8, 9N, 12F, 14, 18C, 19F, 23F and 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Francis J. Cano, Joseph S. C. Kuo, Merle V. Querry
  • Stabilization of pneumococcal polysaccharides
    Patent number: 4221906
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide employing glycine or alanine and other amino acids, or albumin, gelatin, protein hydrolysates, and other proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1980
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Merle V. Querry, Francis R. Cano