Patents by Inventor Steven J. Geary

Steven J. Geary 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: 20020187162
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a live cytadherence-deficient M. gallisepticum strain that does not express at least two of three proteins, the Gap-A molecule, crnA protein, and the 45 kDa protein, expressed by wildtype M. gallisepticum Strain R and its use as a vaccine for preventing and protecting birds, especially chickens and turkeys against the respiratory diseases attendant with wildtype Mycoplasma gallispeticum infection. The invention also relates to the use of the vaccine as a vector for the delivery of genes encoding protective antigens from other bacterial and viral avian pathogens, such as avian influenza virus. There is also disclosed a method for identifying the attenuated cytadherence-deficient M. gallisepticum Rhigh or a strain thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Steven J. Geary, Lawrence Silbart, Philip Marcus, Margaret Sekellick