Patents by Inventor Sara E. Woodson

Sara E. Woodson 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).

  • Publication number: 20190194260
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to attenuated Zika viruses and vaccines, attenuated chimeric Zika viruses and vaccines, and to multivalent immunogenic compositions comprising Zika vaccines and vaccines to other flaviviruses. The chimeric Zika viruses includes a first nucleotide sequence encoding at least one structural protein from a Zika virus (ZIKV), a second nucleotide sequence encoding at least one nonstructural protein from a first flavivirus, and a third nucleotide sequence of a 3? untranslated region from a second flavivirus. The multivalent immunogenic compositions comprise an attenuated ZIKV vaccine or an attenuated chimeric ZIKV vaccine (or their combination) together with one or more of a first attenuated virus that is immunogenic against dengue serotype 1, a second attenuated virus that is immunogenic against dengue serotype 2, a third attenuated virus that is immunogenic against dengue serotype 3, and a fourth attenuated virus that is immunogenic against dengue serotype 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicants: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services, The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Stephen S. Whitehead, Sara E. Woodson, Anna P. Durbin, Alexander G. Pletnev, Konstantin A. Tsetsarkin