Patents by Inventor Ronaldus Adrianus Fouchier

Ronaldus Adrianus Fouchier 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).

  • Nucleic acids and methods for the discrimination between syncytium inducing and non syncytium inducing variants of the human immunodeficiency virus
    Patent number: 6379881
    Abstract: This invention is in the area of molecular biology/virology and presents oligonucleotides with nucleotide-sequences specific for SI HIV-1 strains. These oligonucleotides may be used for in vitro determination of biological phenotype of HIV-1 strain in biological material from HIV-infected individuals by a number of techniques such as Southern and Northern blot analysis, PCR, NASBA, in situ hybridization, branched DNA hybridization, heteroduplex tracing hybridization and liquid hybridizations. HIV-1 phenotyping may i.e. be used as a diagnostic marker for disease progression or for testing efficacy of antiviral therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel, N.V.
    Inventors: Ronaldus Adrianus Fouchier, Johanna Schuitemaker