Patents by Inventor Paula M. Pitha

Paula M. Pitha 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).

  • Publication number: 20110269229
    Abstract: The instant invention provides methods for the treatment and prevention of viral infection, e.g., HIV infection, based on the discovery that viral replication utilizes the ubiquitination pathway of the host cell to replicate. Specifically, the invention provides methods for the treatment and prevention of viral infection, e.g., HIV infection, by modulation of ISG15 conjugation and deconjugation, e.g., by modulation of the activity or expression of UBP43 or UBEL-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Paula M. Pitha-Rowe, Atsushi Okumura, Myriam S. Kunzi
  • Publication number: 20110003381
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conditionally replicating viral vector, methods of making, modifying, propagating, selectively packaging, and using such a vector, isolated molecules of specified nucleotide and amino acid sequences relevant to such vectors, a pharmaceutical composition and a host cell comprising such a vector, and methods of using such a vector and a host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Boro Dropulic, Paula M. Pitha
  • Patent number: 7572906
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conditionally replicating viral vector, methods of making, modifying, propagating and selectively packaging, and using such a vector, isolated molecules of specified nucleotide and amino acid sequences relevant to such vectors, a pharmaceutical composition and a host cell comprising such a vector, the use of such a host cell to screen drugs. The methods include the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of viral infection, in particular HIV infection, and, thus, are also directed to viral vaccines and the treatment of cancer, in particular cancer of viral etiology. Other methods include the use of such conditionally replicating viral vectors in gene therapy and other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Inventors: Boro Dropulic, Paula M. Pitha
  • Publication number: 20090136479
    Abstract: The instant invention provides methods for the treatment and prevention of viral infection, e.g., HIV infection, based on the discovery that viral replication utilizes the ubiquitination pathway of the host cell to replicate. Specifically, the invention provides methods for the treatment and prevention of viral infection, e.g., HIV infection, by modulation of ISG15 conjugation and deconjugation, e.g., by modulation of the activity or expression of UBP43 or UBEL-1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Paula M. Pitha-Rowe, Atsushi Okumura, Myriam S. Kunzi
  • Publication number: 20040224404
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conditionally replicating viral vector, methods of making, modifying, propagating and selectively packaging, and using such a vector, isolated molecules of specified nucleotide and amino acid sequences relevant to such vectors, a pharmaceutical composition and a host cell comprising such a vector, the use of such a host cell to screen drugs. The methods include the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of viral infection, in particular HIV infection, and, thus, are also directed to viral vaccines and the treatment of cancer, in particular cancer of viral etiology. Other methods include the use of such conditionally replicating viral vectors in gene therapy and other applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Boro Dropulic, Paula M. Pitha
  • Publication number: 20040202999
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conditionally replicating viral vector, methods of making, modifying, propagating and selectively packaging, and using such a vector, isolated molecules of specified nucleotide and amino acid sequences relevant to such vectors, a pharmaceutical composition and a host cell comprising such a vector, the use of such a host cell to screen drugs. The methods include the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of viral infection, in particular HIV infection, and, thus, are also directed to viral vaccines and the treatment of cancer, in particular cancer of viral etiology. Other methods include the use of such conditionally replicating viral vectors in gene therapy and other applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Boro Dropulic, Paula M. Pitha
  • Patent number: 6232120
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conditionally replicating viral vector, methods of making, modifying, propagating and selectively packaging, and using such a vector, isolated molecules of specified nucleotide and amino acid sequences relevant to such vectors, a pharmaceutical composition and a host cell comprising such a vector, the use of such a host cell to screen drugs. The methods include the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of viral infection, in particular HIV infection, and, thus, are also directed to viral vaccines and the treatment of cancer, in particular cancer of viral etiology. Other methods include the use of such conditionally replicating viral vectors in gene therapy and other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Inventors: Boro Dropulić, Paula M. Pitha
  • Patent number: 6207426
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conditionally replicating viral vector, methods of making, modifying, propagating and selectively packaging, and using such a vector, isolated molecules of specified nucleotide and amino acid sequences relevant to such vectors, a pharmaceutical composition and a host cell comprising such a vector, the use of such a host cell to screen drugs. The methods include the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of viral infection, in particular HIV infection, and, thus, are also directed to viral vaccines and the treatment of cancer, in particular cancer of viral etiology. Other methods include the use of such conditionally replicating viral vectors in gene therapy and other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Inventors: Boro Dropulić, Paula M. Pitha
  • Patent number: 6168953
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conditionally replicating viral vector, methods of making, modifying, propagating and selectively packaging, and using such a vector, isolated molecules of specified nucleotide and amino acid sequences relevant to such vectors, a pharmaceutical composition and a host cell comprising such a vector, the use of such a host cell to screen drugs. The methods include the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of viral infection, in particular HIV infection, and, thus, are also directed to viral vaccines and the treatment of cancer, in particular cancer of viral etiology. Other methods include the use of such conditionally replicating viral vectors in gene therapy and other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Inventors: Boro Dropulic, Paula M. Pitha
  • Patent number: 6114141
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conditionally replicating viral vector, methods of making, modifying, propagating and selectively packaging, and using such a vector, isolated molecules of specified nucleotide and amino acid sequences relevant to such vectors, a pharmaceutical composition and a host cell comprising such a vector, the use of such a host cell to screen drugs. The methods include the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of viral infection, in particular HIV infection, and, thus, are also directed to viral vaccines and the treatment of cancer, in particular cancer of viral etiology. Other methods include the use of such conditionally replicating viral vectors in gene therapy and other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Inventors: Boro Dropulic, Paula M. Pitha
  • Patent number: 5888767
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conditionally replicating viral vector, methods of making, modifying, propagating and selectively packaging, and using such a vector, isolated molecules of specified nucleotide and amino acid sequences relevant to such vectors, a pharmaceutical composition and a host cell comprising such a vector, the use of such a host cell to screen drugs. The methods include the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of viral infection, in particular HIV infection, and, thus, are also directed to viral vaccines and the treatment of cancer, in particular cancer of viral etiology. Other methods include the use of such conditionally replicating viral vectors in gene therapy and other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Inventors: Boro Dropulic, Paula M. Pitha
  • Patent number: 5885806
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conditionally replicating viral vector, methods of making, modifying, propagating and selectively packaging, and using such a vector, isolated molecules of specified nucleotide and amino acid sequences relevant to such vectors, a pharmaceutical composition and a host cell comprising such a vector, the use of such a host cell to screen drugs. The methods include the prophylactic and therapeutic treatment of viral infection, in particular HIV infection, and, thus, are also directed to viral vaccines and the treatment of cancer, in particular cancer of viral etiology. Other methods include the use of such conditionally replicating viral vectors in gene therapy and other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Inventors: Boro Dropulic, Paula M. Pitha