Patents by Inventor Sherryll Layton

Sherryll Layton 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: 20230285530
    Abstract: A vaccine vector comprising a first polynucleotide encoding the antigenic polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Sherryll Layton, Jeffrey W. Hall
  • Patent number: 11752205
    Abstract: A vaccine vector comprising a first polynucleotide encoding the antigenic polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Sherryll Layton, Jeffrey W. Hall
  • Patent number: 11497801
    Abstract: A vaccine vector comprising a first polynucleotide encoding the antigenic polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: Sherryll Layton, Jeffrey W. Hall
  • Publication number: 20220265802
    Abstract: A vaccine vector comprising a first polynucleotide encoding the antigenic polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Sherryll Layton, Jeffrey W. Hall
  • Patent number: 11013792
    Abstract: Vaccine vectors capable of eliciting an immune response to enteric bacteria and methods of using the same are provided. The vaccine vectors include a polynucleotide encoding a PAL polypeptide. The PAL polypeptide may be expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector. The vaccine vector may also include a second polypeptide encoding an immunostimulatory polypeptide such as a CD154 polypeptide or an HMGB1 polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Lisa Bielke, Sherryll Layton, Billy Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Olivia B. Faulkner, Luc Berghman, Daad Abi-Ghanem
  • Patent number: 10960068
    Abstract: Vaccine vectors and methods for enhancing resistance to Campylobacter infection or for enhancing the immune response to Campylobacter are provided herein. The vaccine vectors include a first polynucleotide which encodes an antigenic polypeptide selected from SEQ ID NO: 7-9 or a fragment thereof. The vector may also include an immunostimulatory polypeptide. The methods include administering the vaccine vectors to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Billy Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Young Min Kwon, Sherryll Layton
  • Patent number: 10842858
    Abstract: Vaccines comprising TRAP polypeptides and Salmonella enteritidis vectors comprising TRAP polypeptides are provided. The vaccines may also include a CD154 polypeptide capable of binding to CD40. Also provided are methods of enhancing an immune response against Apicomplexan parasites and methods of reducing morbidity associated with infection with Apicomplexan parasites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
    Inventors: Walter Bottje, Billy Hargis, Luc Berghman, Young Min Kwon, Kimberly Cole, Mandy Cox, Sherryll Layton, Saeed El-Ashram, John Barta, Guillermo Tellez
  • Publication number: 20200297832
    Abstract: Vaccine vectors capable of eliciting an immune response to enteric bacteria and methods of using the same are provided. The vaccine vectors include a polynucleotide encoding a PAL polypeptide. The PAL polypeptide may be expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector. The vaccine vector may also include a second polypeptide encoding an immunostimulatory polypeptide such as a CD154 polypeptide or an HMGB1 polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicants: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Lisa Bielke, Sherryll Layton, Billy Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Olivia B. Faulkner, Luc Berghman, Daad Abi-Ghanem
  • Patent number: 10716840
    Abstract: Vaccine vectors capable of eliciting an immune response to enteric bacteria and methods of using the same are provided. The vaccine vectors include a polynucleotide encoding a PAL polypeptide. The PAL polypeptide may be expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector. The vaccine vector may also include a second polypeptide encoding an immunostimulatory polypeptide such as a CD154 polypeptide or an HMGB1 polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Lisa Bielke, Sherryll Layton, Billy Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Olivia B. Faulkner, Luc Berghman, Daad Abi-Ghanem
  • Publication number: 20190351042
    Abstract: Vaccine vectors capable of eliciting an immune response to enteric bacteria and methods of using the same are provided. The vaccine vectors include a polynucleotide encoding a PAL polypeptide. The PAL polypeptide may be expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector. The vaccine vector may also include a second polypeptide encoding an immunostimulatory polypeptide such as a CD154 polypeptide or an HMGB1 polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicants: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Lisa Bielke, Sherryll Layton, Billy Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Olivia B. Faulkner, Luc Berghman, Daad Abi-Ghanem
  • Patent number: 10376571
    Abstract: Vaccine vectors capable of eliciting an immune response to enteric bacteria and methods of using the same are provided. The vaccine vectors include a polynucleotide encoding a PAL polypeptide. The PAL polypeptide may be expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector. The vaccine vector may also include a second polypeptide encoding an immunostimulatory polypeptide such as a CD154 polypeptide or an HMGB1 polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Lisa Bielke, Sherryll Layton, Billy Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Olivia B. Faulkner, Luc Berghman, Daad Abi-Ghanem
  • Publication number: 20180333474
    Abstract: Vaccines comprising TRAP polypeptides and Salmonella enteritidis vectors comprising TRAP polypeptides are provided. The vaccines may also include a CD154 polypeptide capable of binding to CD40. Also provided are methods of enhancing an immune response against Apicomplexan parasites and methods of reducing morbidity associated with infection with Apicomplexan parasites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicants: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Walter Bottje, Billy Hargis, Luc Berghman, Young Min Kwon, Kimberly Cole, Mandy Cox, Sherryll Layton, Saeed El-Ashram, John Barta, Guillermo Tellez
  • Patent number: 10016493
    Abstract: Vaccines comprising TRAP polypeptides and Salmonella enteritidis vectors comprising TRAP polypeptides are provided. The vaccines may also include a CD154 polypeptide capable of binding to CD40. Also provided are methods of enhancing an immune response against Apicomplexan parasites and methods of reducing morbidity associated with infection with Apicomplexan parasites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Walter Bottje, Billy Hargis, Luc Berghman, Young Min Kwon, Kimberly Cole, Mandy Cox, Sherryll Layton, Saeed El-Ashram, John Barta, Guillermo Tellez
  • Patent number: 10004798
    Abstract: Provided herein are Salmonella enteritidis 13A strains and compositions comprising these strains. Also provided are methods of enhancing an immune response against Influenza A and methods of reducing morbidity associated with an Influenza A infection. Methods of enhancing an immune response to a vaccine vector by expressing a polypeptide of CD154 capable of binding CD40 are also disclosed. Methods of developing a bacterial vaccine vector are disclosed. Methods of generating scarless site-specific mutations in a bacterium are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Walter Bottje, Billy Hargis, Luc Berghman, Young Min Kwon, Kimberly Cole, Mandy Cox, Sherryll Layton
  • Patent number: 9913893
    Abstract: Provided herein are vaccine vectors including an antigenic polypeptide and an HMGB1 polypeptide present on the surface of the vaccine vector. Compositions comprising the vaccine vectors are also provided and include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, suitably a carrier for oral or nasal administration. Also provided are methods of enhancing immune responses, in particular antibody immune response and suitably an IgA response, by administering the vaccine vectors or compositions disclosed herein to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Luc Berghman, Walter Bottje, Billy Hargis, Sherryll Layton
  • Publication number: 20160114025
    Abstract: Provided herein are Salmonella enteritidis 13A strains and compositions comprising these strains. Also provided are methods of enhancing an immune response against Influenza A and methods of reducing morbidity associated with an Influenza A infection. Methods of enhancing an immune response to a vaccine vector by expressing a polypeptide of CD154 capable of binding CD40 are also disclosed. Methods of developing a bacterial vaccine vector are disclosed. Methods of generating scarless site-specific mutations in a bacterium are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicants: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Walter Bottje, Billy Hargis, Luc Berghman, Young Min Kwon, Kimberly Cole, Mandy Cox, Sherryll Layton
  • Publication number: 20160038581
    Abstract: Vaccine vectors capable of eliciting an immune response to enteric bacteria and methods of using the same are provided. The vaccine vectors include a polynucleotide encoding a PAL polypeptide. The PAL polypeptide may be expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector. The vaccine vector may also include a second polypeptide encoding an immunostimulatory polypeptide such as a CD154 polypeptide or an HMGB1 polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Lisa Bielke, Sherryll Layton, Billy Hargis, Neil R. Pumford, Olivia B. Faulkner, Luc Berghman, Daad ABI-GHANEM
  • Patent number: 9226957
    Abstract: Provided herein are Salmonella enteritidis 13A strains and compositions comprising these strains. Also provided are methods of enhancing an immune response against Influenza A and methods of reducing morbidity associated with an Influenza A infection. Methods of enhancing an immune response to a vaccine vector by expressing a polypeptide of CD154 capable of binding CD40 are also disclosed. Methods of developing a bacterial vaccine vector are disclosed. Methods of generating scarless site-specific mutations in a bacterium are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas
    Inventors: Walter Bottje, Billy Hargis, Luc Berghman, Young Min Kwon, Kimberly Cole, Mandy Cox, Sherryll Layton
  • Patent number: 9125854
    Abstract: Vaccines comprising fliC and CD 154 polypeptides and Salmonella enteritidis vaccine vectors comprising fliC polypeptides are provided. Also provided arc methods of enhancing an immune response against flagellated bacteria and methods of reducing morbidity associated with infection with flagellated bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Walter Bottje, Billy Hargis, Luc Berghman, Young Min Kwon, Kimberly Cole, Sherryll Layton
  • Publication number: 20150216954
    Abstract: Vaccines comprising TRAP polypeptides and Salmonella enteritidis vectors comprising TRAP polypeptides are provided. The vaccines may also include a CD 154polypeptide capable of binding to CD40. Also provided are methods of enhancing an immune response against Apicomplexan parasites and methods of reducing morbidity associated with infection with Apicomplexan parasites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicants: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
    Inventors: Walter Bottje, Billy Hargis, Luc Berghman, Young Min Kwon, Kimberly Cole, Mandy Cox, Sherryll Layton, Said El-Ashram, John Barta, Guillermo Tellez