Patents by Inventor Simon Michael Cutting

Simon Michael Cutting 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).

  • Vaccine
    Publication number: 20150343049
    Abstract: The invention relates to vaccines, and particularly to vaccines active against pathogenic bacteria including Clostridia species, such as C. difficile, and Bacillus species, such as B. anthracis and B. cereus. The invention is concerned with the use of nucleic acids and proteins as antigens for use in vaccine design and construction, and to the vaccines per se. The nucleic acids and proteins are also useful in diagnostic test kits and methods for the detection of Clostridium spp. and Bacillus spp. infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London
    Inventor: Simon Michael Cutting
  • Pathogenic bacteria
    Patent number: 9139625
    Abstract: The invention provides novel surface coat proteins of Clostridium spp. spores, and nucleic acids encoding such proteins. The invention extends to various uses of these nucleic acids and proteins, as antigens for use in vaccine design and construction, and to vaccines per se, and in diagnostic test kits and methods for the detection of Clostridium spp. infections. In addition, the nucleic acids and proteins can be used as potential targets for therapeutic drugs for the prevention or treatment of Clostridium spp. infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
    Inventors: Simon Michael Cutting, Hong Anh Huynh
  • PATHOGENIC BACTERIA
    Publication number: 20140141031
    Abstract: The invention provides novel surface coat proteins of Clostridium spp. spores, and nucleic acids encoding such proteins. The invention extends to various uses of these nucleic acids and proteins, as antigens for use in vaccine design and construction, and to vaccines per se, and in diagnostic test kits and methods for the detection of Clostridium spp. infections. In addition, the nucleic acids and proteins can be used as potential targets for therapeutic drugs for the prevention or treatment of Clostridium spp. infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: ROYAL HOLLOWAY AND BEDFORD NEW COLLEGE
    Inventors: Simon Michael Cutting, Hong Anh Huynh
  • Bacterial spore having therapeutic agent adsorbed on its surface
    Patent number: 8673311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of coating a spore with one or more therapeutic agents. The present invention also relates to a coated spore obtained by the method of the present invention and the use of the coated spore as a vaccine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
    Inventors: Simon Michael Cutting, Hong Anh Huynh
  • BACTERIAL SPORE HAVING THERAPEUTIC AGENT ADSORBED ON ITS SURFACE
    Publication number: 20120237544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of coating a spore with one or more therapeutic agents. The present invention also relates to a coated spore obtained by the method of the present invention and the use of the coated spore as a vaccine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
    Inventors: Simon Michael Cutting, Hong Anh Huynh