Patents by Inventor Neil R. Blacklow

Neil R. Blacklow 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).

  • Monoclonal antibodies for detecting Norwalk virus
    Patent number: 5861241
    Abstract: Monoclonal antibodies and their use in assays to determine the presence of Norwalk virus, Norwalk virus particles, or Norwalk virus-specific IgM, in a biological sample. One assay includes the steps of contacting the sample with a monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to Norwalk virus particles in human stool; reacting the sample and the antibody for a time and under conditions that allow the formation of an immunocomplex between the antibody and any Norwalk virus in the sample; and detecting the immunocomplex, the presence of the immunocomplex indicating the presence of human Norwalk virus in the sample. Another assay is an IgM capture antibody immunoassay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: John E. Herrmann, Neil R. Blacklow
  • Antibodies specific for the group antigen of astroviruses
    Patent number: 5556746
    Abstract: The present invention is based upon the discovery of a group antigen common to various types of astroviruses and the production of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies reactive with this group antigen. The present invention encompasses the polyclonal antibodies, monoclonal antibodies, hybridoma cell lines which produce these monoclonal antibodies, and methods of using the monoclonal antibodies for diagnosing and treating gastroenteritis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1996
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts Medical Center
    Inventors: John E. Herrmann, Neil R. Blacklow