Patents by Inventor Nicholas H. Carbonetti

Nicholas H. Carbonetti 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).

  • DNA molecule encoding gonorrhoeal hybrid PIA/PIB protein
    Patent number: 6348332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gene sequence coding for hybrid Protein I of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and cloning vector and host organisms containing same. Also disclosed are oligonucleotides useful as diagnostic probes for the detection of N. gonorrhoeae infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Nicholas H. Carbonetti, P. Frederick Sparling
  • Production of gonorrheal PI proteins and vaccines
    Patent number: 6068992
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gene sequence coding for Protein I of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and cloning vector and host organisms containing same. Also disclosed are oligonucleotides useful as diagnostic probes for the detection of N. gonorrhoeae infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Nicholas H. Carbonetti, P. Frederick Sparling
  • Production of gonorrheal PI proteins
    Patent number: 5736361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gene sequence coding for Protein I of Neisseria gonorrhoea, and cloning vector and host organisms containing same. Also disclosed are oligonucleotides useful as diagnostic probes for the detection of N. gonorrhoea infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Nicholas H. Carbonetti, P. Frederick Sparling