Patents by Inventor Shari Walcott

Shari Walcott 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 modulating a bacterial invasion switch
    Patent number: 9889185
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein pertains to the modulation of a bacterial invasion switch and the subsequent use of the bacterium to vaccinate an organism. In one embodiment, the bacterial invasion switch is modulated by changing the proteolysis of ExoR protein. In another embodiment, a mutated bacterium produces a mutant ExoR protein that resists proteolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Haiping Cheng, Shari Walcott, Haiyang Lu, Li Luo, Menghua Yang, Zahra Salehi
  • METHOD FOR MODULATING A BACTERIAL INVASION SWITCH
    Publication number: 20160017312
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein pertains to the modulation of a bacterial invasion switch and the subsequent use of the bacterium to vaccinate an organism. In one embodiment, the bacterial invasion switch is modulated by changing the proteolysis of ExoR protein. In another embodiment, a mutated bacterium produces a mutant ExoR protein that resists proteolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Haiping Cheng, Shari Walcott, Haiyang Lu, Li Luo, Menghua Yang, Zahra Salehi
  • Method for modulating a bacterial invasion switch
    Patent number: 9133451
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein pertains to the modulation of a bacterial invasion switch and the subsequent use of the bacterium to vaccinate an organism. In one embodiment, the bacterial invasion switch is modulated by changing the proteolysis of ExoR protein. In another embodiment, a mutated bacterium produces a mutant ExoR protein that resists proteolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Research Foundation of the City University of New York
    Inventors: Haiping Cheng, Shari Walcott, Haiyang Lu, Li Luo, Meghua Yang, Zahra Salehi
  • METHOD FOR MODULATING A BACTERIAL INVASION SWITCH
    Publication number: 20140010842
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein pertains to the modulation of a bacterial invasion switch and the subsequent use of the bacterium to vaccinate an organism. In one embodiment, the bacterial invasion switch is modulated by changing the proteolysis of ExoR protein. In another embodiment, a mutated bacterium produces a mutant ExoR protein that resists proteolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Haiping Cheng, Shari Walcott, Haiyang Lu, Li Luo, Menghua Yang