Patents by Inventor Terry W. Spithill

Terry W. Spithill 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).

  • Blood stage malaria vaccine
    Patent number: 9539316
    Abstract: An immunogenic composition for use as a blood-stage malaria vaccine, a method of producing the immunogenic composition and a method of treatment of malaria are provided. The immunogenic composition includes isolated or purified merozoites, or red blood cells infected with merozoites, treated with centanamycin or tafuramycin A. The immunogenic composition does not include an adjuvant. A single dose of the immunogenic composition is sufficient to protect an animal against subsequent malaria infection by the same isolate, strain or species of Plasmodium used in the immunogenic composition, or by one or more heterologous isolates, strains or species of Plasmodium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignees: Griffth University, La Trobe University
    Inventors: Michael Good, Terry W. Spithill, Moses Lee
  • Blood Stage Malaria Vaccine
    Publication number: 20140186402
    Abstract: An immunogenic composition for use as a blood-stage malaria vaccine, a method of producing the immunogenic composition and a method of treatment of malaria are provided. The immunogenic composition includes isolated or purified merozoites, or red blood cells infected with merozoites, treated with centanamycin or tafuramycin A. The immunogenic composition does not include an adjuvant. A single dose of the immunogenic composition is sufficient to protect an animal against subsequent malaria infection by the same isolate, strain or species of Plasmodium used in the immunogenic composition, or by one or more heterologous isolates, strains or species of Plasmodium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Good, Terry W. Spithill, Moses Lee