Patents by Inventor Nir Harcohen

Nir Harcohen 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).

  • Artificial immune system: methods of use
    Patent number: 8722402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of constructing an integrated artificial immune system that comprises appropriate in vitro cellular and tissue constructs or their equivalents to mimic the normal tissues that interact with vaccines in mammals. The artificial immune system can be used to test the efficacy of vaccine candidates in vitro and thus, is useful to accelerate vaccine development and testing drug and chemical interaction with the immune system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Sanofi Pasteur Vaxdesign Corporation, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: William L Warren, Heather Fahlenkamp, Russell Higbee, Anatoly Kachurin, Conan Li, Mike Nguyen, Robert Parkhill, Guzman Sanchez-Schmitz, Darrell J. Irvine, Gwendalyn J. Randolph, Nir Harcohen, Bruce Torbett
  • Artificial immune system: methods for making and use
    Patent number: 8288159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of constructing an integrated artificial immune system that comprises appropriate in vitro cellular and tissue constructs or their equivalents to mimic the normal tissues that interact with vaccines in mammals. The artificial immune system can be used to test the efficacy of vaccine candidates in vitro and thus, is useful to accelerate vaccine development and testing drug and chemical interaction with the immune system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Sanofi Pasteur Vaxdesign Corp. et al.
    Inventors: William L Warren, Heather Fahlenkamp, Russell Higbee, Anatoly Kachurin, Conan Li, Mike Nguyen, Robert Parkhill, Guzman Sanchez-Schmitz, Darrell J. Irvine, Gwendalyn J. Randolph, Nir Harcohen, Bruce Torbett