Patents by Inventor Morag Ferguson

Morag Ferguson 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).

  • Peptides useful in vaccination against enteroviruses
    Patent number: 4857634
    Abstract: A synthetic peptide, suitable for use in vaccination against or diagnosis of a disease caused by an enterovirus and especially by a poliovirus, is the peptide coded for by codons 286-290 in the RNA sequence coding for the structural capsid protein VP1 of poliovirus type 3 Sabin strain or by equivalent codons of another enterovirus or is an antigenic equivalent thereof, the numbers of the codons being counted from the 5'-terminus of the nucleotide sequence coding for the VP1 capsid protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: National Research Development Corporation
    Inventors: Philip D. Minor, David M. A. Evans, Geoffrey C. Schild, Jeffrey W. Almond, Morag Ferguson