Patents by Inventor Sidney E. Kunz

Sidney E. Kunz 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).

  • Vaccines for the protection of cattle from psoroptic scabies
    Patent number: 6559121
    Abstract: A novel antigenic protein which is effective for stimulating antibody production in animals against the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis is disclosed. In cattle, administration of the protein provides protection from infestation by P. ovis by eliciting an immediate-type hypersensitivity response and/or immunizing the animal against P. ovis. The protein is also effective for producing and/or binding antibodies to P. ovis, and may be used as an immunodiagnostic reagent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: John H. Pruett, Kevin B. Temeyer, Sidney E. Kunz, William F. Fisher
  • Vaccines for the protection of cattle from psoroptic scabies
    Publication number: 20020136734
    Abstract: A novel antigenic protein which is effective for stimulating antibody production in animals against the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis is disclosed. In cattle, administration of the protein provides protection from infestation by P. ovis by eliciting an immediate-type hypersensitivity response and/or immunizing the animal against P. ovis. The protein is also effective for producing and/or binding antibodies to P. ovis, and may be used as an immunodiagnostic reagent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: John H. Pruett, Kevin B. Temeyer, Sidney E. Kunz, William F. Fisher