Patents by Inventor Ping Jihui

Ping Jihui 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).

  • MUTATIONS IN THE INFLUENZA A VIRUS NS1 GENE AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110070254
    Abstract: NS1 variant polypeptides, proteins or functional fragments thereof are described which have useful properties for increasing viral protein synthesis, IFN induction, and IFN resistance. The NS1 variant polypeptides, proteins or functional fragments comprise a substitution in the amino acid sequence of the wild type NS1 protein at a position corresponding to Asp-2, Val-23, Leu-98, Phe-103, Ser-103, Met-106, Met-124, Asp-125, Val-180, Val-226 or Arg-227, or combinations thereof expressed alone or in infectious virus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
    Inventors: Earl G. Brown, Nicole Forbes, Ping Jihui