Patents by Inventor Thomas Geisbert

Thomas Geisbert 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).

  • siRNA silencing of filovirus gene expression
    Publication number: 20070135370
    Abstract: The present invention provides siRNA molecules that target Filovirus gene expression and methods of using such siRNA molecules to silence Filovirus gene expression. The present invention also provides nucleic acid-lipid particles that target Filovirus gene expression comprising an siRNA that silences Filovirus gene expression, a cationic lipid, and a non-cationic lipid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: Protiva Biotherapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian MacLachlan, Vandana Sood, Thomas Geisbert, Lisa Hensley, Elliott Kagan
  • Accelerated vaccination
    Publication number: 20060269572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to genetic vaccines for stimulating cellular and humoral immune responses in humans and other hosts, and, in particular, relates to recombinant viruses that express heterologous antigens of pathogenic viruses, in single dose form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Gary Nabel, Nancy Sullivan, Thomas Geisbert, Peter Jahrling