Patents by Inventor Petrus Theodorus Willemsen

Petrus Theodorus Willemsen 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).

  • Paramycobacterial diagnostics and vaccines
    Publication number: 20050232937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis proteins, to parts of such nucleic acid sequences that encode an immunogenic fragment of such proteins, to DNA fragments, recombinant DNA molecules, live recombinant carriers and host cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences or such parts thereof. The invention also relates to Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis proteins and immunogenic parts thereof encoded by such sequences. Furthermore, the present invention relates to vaccines comprising such nucleic acid sequences and parts thereof, DNA fragments, recombinant DNA molecules, live recombinant carriers and host cells comprising such nucleic acid sequences or such parts thereof, proteins or immunogenic parts thereof and antibodies against such proteins or immunogenic parts thereof. Also, the invention relates to the use of said proteins in vaccines and for the manufacture of vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Petrus Theodorus Willemsen, Sjoukje Westerveen, Douwe Bakker, Fred Zijderveld, Jelle Egbertus Thole