Patents by Inventor Michael A. Skinner

Michael A. Skinner 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).

  • Patent number: 5298413
    Abstract: An attenuated enterovirus or rhinovirus, suitable for use as a vaccine, has an attenuating mutation at least at a position which is, or corresponds with, position 471 or 484 of the genome of poliovirus type 3 Leon strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: British Technology Group Limited
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Almond, Philip D. Minor, Michael A. Skinner
  • Patent number: 5298416
    Abstract: An attenuated enterovirus or rhinovirus, suitable for use as a vaccine, has a reversed base pairing in the part, or in a part corresponding to the part, of the 5' non-coding region of the genome of poliovirus type 3 Leon strain shown below: ##STR1## A suitable attenuated poliovirus has the bases G and C at positions 469 and 534 respectively for a type 1 or type 2 poliovirus or at positions 472 and 537 respectively for a type 3 poliovirus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: British Technology Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Almond, Philip D. Minor, Michael A. Skinner, Colin R. Young
  • Patent number: 5286640
    Abstract: An attenuated enterovirus or rhinovirus, suitable for use as a vaccine, has an attenuating mutation at least at a position which is, or corresponds with, position 479 and/or 482 of poliovirus type 3 Leon strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Almond, Michael A. Skinner, Vincent Racaniello, Philip D. Minor