Patents by Inventor Sree Kumari Rajeev

Sree Kumari Rajeev 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 of identification of equine herpes virus type 1 causing neurological disease, method of producing a vaccine against neurological disease caused by equine herpes virus type 1, and vaccine against neurological disease caused by equine herpes virus type 1
    Patent number: 7323178
    Abstract: Equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) causes abortion and respiratory infection in horses. Only certain strains of EHV-1 cause encephalitis. Vaccination of horses with live attenuated or inactivated vaccines against EHV-1 is commonly practiced using commercial vaccine products. None of those vaccines have been tested for protection of horses against neurologic manifestation caused by EHV-1. Clinical evidence indicates that horses vaccinated with the commercial vaccines were protected against the respiratory diseases caused by EHV-1. However, the vaccinated horses were not protected against neurological disease. In this invention, we describe the development of a new inactivated EHV-1 vaccine. The new vaccine will protect vaccinated horses against neurological disease as well as respiratory disease and abortion caused by EHV-1. The vaccine will use a newly isolated Findlay strain of EHV-1 as the master seed virus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: The Ohio Department of Agriculture
    Inventors: Yan Zhang, Sree Kumari Rajeev, Beverly Byrum