Patents by Inventor Tawnya C. McKee

Tawnya C. McKee 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).

  • Scytovirins and related conjugates, fusion proteins, nucleic acids, vectors, host cells, compositions, antibodies and methods of using scytovirins
    Patent number: 7491798
    Abstract: An isolated or purified antiviral protein of SEQ ID NO: 1, nucleic acids encoding the antiviral protein, cells comprising the nucleic acids, and methods of inhibiting viral infection comprising contacting the virus with the antiviral protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Michael R. Boyd, Heidi R. Bokesch, Barry R. O'Keefe, Tawnya C. McKee
  • Macrocyclic lactones, compositions, and methods of use
    Patent number: 6353019
    Abstract: The present invention provides compound of the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and are independently H, C1-C6 straight-chain or branched saturated or unsaturated alkyl, aryl, R6CH2—, R6CO—, or R6SO2—, wherein R6 is H, C1-C6 straight-chain or branched saturated or unsaturated alkyl, or aryl; R3 is H, C1→C6 straight-chain or branched-chain saturated alkyl, aryl, an oxime, or an oxime methyl ether; at least one aromatic ring position is optionally substituted with a substituent selected from the group consisting of halo, nitro, amino, hydroxyl, thio, acyl, C1-C6 alkyl, and cyano; and Z is a contiguous linker comprising a chain of 7-10 atoms (including heteroatoms) which atoms, together with the five atoms beginning with the carbon of the aromatic ring in meta-relationship with OR1 and ending with the carbon directly attached to the alkyl oxygen of the lactone, which carbons are covalently bonded to either end of linker Z, integrally form a 12-15 membe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Michael R. Boyd, Tawnya C. McKee, John H. Cardellina, II, John A. Beutler, Karen Erickson, Deborah Galinis, Lewis Pannell