Patents by Inventor Petr Kopacek

Petr Kopacek 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).

  • Ferritin 2 for the host immunization against ticks
    Patent number: 8168763
    Abstract: Ferritin 2 is a tick secreted protein, which serves in the tick plasma as a non-heme iron transporter from the gut to the peripheral tissues. It can be exploited as an antigen for raising up host antibodies, which can reversely block this antigen in the tick and the attached tick will not have functional mechanism of the non-heme iron transport from the gut to the peripheral tissues. This mechanism is essential for the further tick development and its blocking eventually prevents transmission of tick-borne pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Biology Centre AS CR, V.V.I.
    Inventors: Petr Kopacek, Ondrej Hajdusek
  • FERRITIN 2 FOR THE HOST IMMUNIZATION AGAINST TICKS
    Publication number: 20110118449
    Abstract: Ferritin 2 is a tick secreted protein, which serves in the tick plasma as a non-heme iron transporter from the gut to the peripheral tissues. It can be exploited as an antigen for raising up host antibodies, which can reversely block this antigen in the tick and the attached tick will not have functional mechanism of the non-heme iron transport from the gut to the peripheral tissues. This mechanism is essential for the further tick development and its blocking eventually prevents transmission of tick-borne pathogens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Petr Kopacek, Ondrej Hajdusek