Patents by Inventor Patrick J. Gaines

Patrick J. Gaines 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).

  • Flea aminopeptidase nucleic acid molecules and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6077687
    Abstract: The present invention relates to flea serine protease proteins, aminopeptidase proteins and flea cysteine protease proteins; to flea serine protease, aminopeptidase and cysteine protease nucleic acid molecules, including those that encode such proteins; to antibodies raised against such proteins; and to compounds that inhibit flea serine protease, aminopeptidase and/or cysteine protease activities. The present invention also includes methods to obtain such proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies, and inhibitors. Also included in the present invention are therapeutic compositions comprising such proteins, nucleic acid molecules, antibodies, and/or inhibitors as well as the use of such therapeutic compositions to protect a host animal from flea infestation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Heska Corporation
    Inventors: Robert B. Grieve, Keith E. Rushlow, Shirley Wu Hunter, Glenn R. Frank, Gary L. Stiegler, Patrick J. Gaines