Patents by Inventor RICHARD VILE

RICHARD VILE 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).

  • Methods and vectors for controlling gene expression
    Publication number: 20060121000
    Abstract: Viral vectors that include a nucleic acid encoding a therapeutic polypeptide operably linked to a heterologous destabilizing element are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: June 8, 2006
    Applicant: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Richard Vile, Atique Ahmed
  • DONOR CELLS EXPRESSING FUSOGENS
    Publication number: 20020042127
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cell which expresses a surface marker associated with a professional antigen presenting cell, and a fusogenic membrane protein, where the cell may also express at its surface a tumor cell marker. Also disclosed is a fusion hybrid formed by the fusion of a tumor cell and a professional antigen presenting cell (APC) such that the resulting fusion hybrid expresses an APC marker, a tumor cell marker, and a fusogenic membrane glycoprotein. Also disclosed are compositions comprising the cells and fusion hybrids, and methods of making and using the hybrids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Publication date: April 11, 2002
    Inventors: STEPHEN JAMES RUSSELL, RICHARD VILE, ANDREW BATEMAN, ALAN MELCHER