Patents by Inventor Richard F. Ross

Richard F. Ross 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).

  • Method for protection of swine against pleuropneumonia
    Patent number: 5332572
    Abstract: The respiratory mucosa of swine are sensitized for the production of protective IgA antibodies on infection with Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) pleuropneumoniae by prior administration of a vaccine comprising a protease lysate of the outer membrane (OM) of A. pleuropneumoniae cells. The lysate contains native OM lipopolysaccharide together with a protease digest of OM protein. Preferably two doses of the vaccine are successively administered to provide protective antibodies in the respiratory mucosa prior to infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard F. Ross, Yu-Wei Chaing, Theresa F. Young, Vicki Rapp-Gabrielson
  • Shell for sled
    Patent number: D250403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1978
    Assignee: American Zephyr Corporation
    Inventor: Richard F. Ross
  • Stove
    Patent number: D253068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1979
    Inventor: Richard F. Ross