Patents by Inventor Paul V. Lemley, Jr.

Paul V. Lemley, Jr. 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).

  • Method for treating tumors with a toxin
    Patent number: 6060066
    Abstract: A method for treating a tumor is provided, which comprises the steps of preliminarily immunizing a patient in need of antitumor treatment with a toxin or toxin surrogate vaccine in an amount which is effective to generate an immune response to the toxin in the patient, thereby providing systemic protection from the toxin to the patient, and subsequently administering the toxin to the patient in an amount which is effective to kill tumor cells. The toxin may be any suitable toxin, for example ricin, abrin, gelonin or diphtheria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Novavax, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul V. Lemley, Jr., Arthur E. Frankel
  • Method for treating tumors with a toxin
    Patent number: 5667786
    Abstract: A method for treating a tumor is provided, which comprises the steps of preliminarily immunizing a patient in need of antitumor treatment with a toxin or toxin surrogate vaccine in an amount which is effective to generate an immune response to the toxin in the patient, thereby providing systemic protection from the toxin to the patient, and subsequently administering the toxin to the patient in an amount which is effective to kill tumor cells. The toxin may be any suitable toxin, for example ricin, abrin, gelonin or diphtheria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Novavax, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul V. Lemley, Jr., Arthur E. Frankel