Patents by Inventor Peter Perlmann

Peter Perlmann 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).

  • Peptides comprising a protective epitope from blood stages of plasmodium falciparum
    Patent number: 5609872
    Abstract: A peptide comprising the amino acid sequence: U-O-X-glu-Z or O-X-glu-Z-ala-glu, wherein: U is an amino acid residue selected from val and ile; O is an amino acid residue selected from ala and thr: X is an amino acid residue selected from asp and glu: and Z is an amino acid residue selected from ile and val: the use of the peptide in the preparation of a vaccine; a composition for vaccination against malaria induced by Plasmodium falciparum, comprising such peptide in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and a method of inducing immunity against malaria induced by Plasmodium falciparum, which comprises administering to a person in need of such immunity an effective amount of said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: Malvac Foundation
    Inventors: Niklas Ahlborg, Klavs Berzins, Peter Perlmann
  • Fractionated heparin for the therapeutic treatment of malaria
    Patent number: 5472953
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of heparin with low affinity for antithrombin III for the preparation of a medicament in the treatment of malaria. The amount of the heparin with low affinity for antithrombin III could be between 2 and 200 mg in the medicament and the anticoagulant activity is preferably .ltoreq.30 IU/mg as determined by APTT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Ekre, Johan Carlson, Asli A. Kulane, Peter Perlmann, Mats Wahlgren, Birgitta Wahlin