Patents by Inventor Robert W. Vaughn

Robert W. Vaughn 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).

  • Pesticidal toxin proteins active against insects
    Patent number: 12240874
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are nucleotide sequences encoding an insecticidal protein exhibiting Lepidopteran inhibitory activity, as well as novel insecticidal proteins referred to herein as a BCW 001, BCW 002, BCW 003, and BCW toxic protein-containing chimeras and BCW toxin insecticide, transgenic plants expressing the chimeras or the insecticide, and methods for detecting the presence of the nucleotide sequences or the insecticide in a biological sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: James A. Baum, David J. Bowen, Catherine A. Chay, David J. Chi, William P. Clinton, Crystal L. Dart, Leigh English, Stanislaw Flasinski, Victor M. Guzov, Kevin A. Jarrell, Uma R. Kesanapalli, Thomas M. Malvar, Robert M. McCarroll, Jason S. Milligan, Jay P. Morgenstern, Deborah G. Rucker, Sara A. Salvador, Temple F. Smith, Carlos E. Soto, Collin M. Stultz, Brian M. Turczyk, Ty T. Vaughn, Moritz W. F. Von Rechenberg
  • Method
    Patent number: 8609436
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of detecting the presence of anti-MHC antibodies in a sample comprising contacting said sample with one or more recombinant MHC molecules or functionally equivalent variants, derivatives or fragments thereof and detecting the binding or absence of binding of antibodies to said recombinant MHC molecules. This method allows the detection and/or identification of one or more specific MHC particularly HLA allele antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust (“GST”), King's College London, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS (“ORH”) Trust of the John Radcliffe Hospital
    Inventors: Martin C. N. M. Barnardo, Andrea W. Harmer, Michael Bunce, Robert W. Vaughn, Kenneth I. Welsh
  • Method
    Publication number: 20030017447
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of detecting the presence of anti-MHC antibodies in a sample comprising contacting said sample with one or more recombinant MHC molecules or functionally equivalent variants, derivatives or fragments thereof and detecting the binding or absence of binding of antibodies to said recombinant MHC molecules. This method allows the detection and/or identification of one or more specific MHC particularly HLA allele antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Martin C. Barnardo, Andrea W. Harmer, Michael Bunce, Robert W. Vaughn, Kenneth I. Welsh