Patents by Inventor Rhonda Roberts

Rhonda Roberts 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).

  • Compositions of coronaviruses with a recombination-resistant genome
    Patent number: 7618802
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cDNA of a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus, recombinant SARS coronavirus vectors, and SARS coronavirus replicon particles. Also provided are methods of making the compositions of this invention and methods of using the compositions as immunogens and/or vaccines and/or to express heterologous nucleic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Ralph S. Baric, Rhonda Roberts, Boyd Yount, Kristopher M. Curtis
  • Methods and compositions for infectious cDNA of SARS coronavirus
    Publication number: 20060240530
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cDNA of a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus, recombinant SARS coronavirus vectors, and SARS coronavirus replicon particles. Also provided are methods of making the compositions of this invention and methods of using the compositions as immunogens and/or vaccines and/or to express heterologous nucleic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Ralph Baric, Rhonda Roberts, Boyd Yount, Kristopher Curtis