Patents by Inventor Tonatiuh Melgarejo

Tonatiuh Melgarejo 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).

  • Patent number: 9701716
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antimicrobial agents and methods of using such agents. The disclosure includes antimicrobial agents having broad spectrum antimicrobial activity, nucleic acids and amino acid sequences encoding such antimicrobial agents, as well as methods of using the antimicrobial agents. The antimicrobial agents of the disclosure may be used to reduce survival of a microbe, as an antimicrobial therapeutic, in microbial treatment protocols, and in research, as well as other uses related to reducing microbe survival. In addition, the disclosure also includes compositions, as well as articles of manufacture, that comprise a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Centaur, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Tonatiuh Melgarejo Garcia, Annika Linde, Gerald Henry Lushington
  • Patent number: 9273097
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antimicrobial agents and methods of using such agents. The disclosure includes antimicrobial agents having broad spectrum antimicrobial activity, nucleic acids and amino acid sequences encoding such antimicrobial agents, as well as methods of using the antimicrobial agents. The antimicrobial agents of the disclosure may be used to reduce survival of a microbe, as an antimicrobial therapeutic, in microbial treatment protocols, and in research, as well as other uses related to reducing microbe survival. In addition, the disclosure also includes compositions, as well as articles of manufacture, that comprise a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Centaur, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Tonatiuh Melgarejo Garcia, Annika Linde, Gerald Henry Lushington
  • Publication number: 20160031954
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antimicrobial agents and methods of using such agents. The disclosure includes antimicrobial agents having broad spectrum antimicrobial activity, nucleic acids and amino acid sequences encoding such antimicrobial agents, as well as methods of using the antimicrobial agents. The antimicrobial agents of the disclosure may be used to reduce survival of a microbe, as an antimicrobial therapeutic, in microbial treatment protocols, and in research, as well as other uses related to reducing microbe survival. In addition, the disclosure also includes compositions, as well as articles of manufacture, that comprise a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Luis Tonatiuh Melgarejo Garcia, Annika Linde, Gerald Henry Lushington
  • Publication number: 20160031940
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antimicrobial agents and methods of using such agents. The disclosure includes antimicrobial agents having broad spectrum antimicrobial activity, nucleic acids and amino acid sequences encoding such antimicrobial agents, as well as methods of using the antimicrobial agents. The antimicrobial agents of the disclosure may be used to reduce survival of a microbe, as an antimicrobial therapeutic, in microbial treatment protocols, and in research, as well as other uses related to reducing microbe survival. In addition, the disclosure also includes compositions, as well as articles of manufacture, that comprise a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Luis Tonatiuh Melgarejo Garcia, Annika Linde, Gerald Henry Lushington
  • Patent number: 9163064
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antimicrobial agents and methods of using such agents. The disclosure includes antimicrobial agents having broad spectrum antimicrobial activity, nucleic acids and amino acid sequences encoding such antimicrobial agents, as well as methods of using the antimicrobial agents. The antimicrobial agents of the disclosure may be used to reduce survival of a microbe, as an antimicrobial therapeutic, in microbial treatment protocols, and in research, as well as other uses related to reducing microbe survival. In addition, the disclosure also includes compositions, as well as articles of manufacture, that comprise a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Centaur, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Tonatiuh Melgarejo Garcia, Annika Linde, Gerald Henry Lushington
  • Patent number: 9029319
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to antimicrobial agents and methods of using such agents. The disclosure includes antimicrobial agents having broad spectrum antimicrobial activity, nucleic acids and amino acid sequences encoding such antimicrobial agents, as well as methods of using the antimicrobial agents. The antimicrobial agents of the disclosure may be used to reduce survival of a microbe, as an antimicrobial therapeutic, in microbial treatment protocols, and in research, as well as other uses related to reducing microbe survival. In addition, the disclosure also includes compositions, as well as articles of manufacture, that comprise a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Centaur, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis Tonatiuh Melgarejo Garcia, Annika Linde, Gerald Henry Lushington
  • Patent number: 7985832
    Abstract: The invention relates to antimicrobial cathelicidin polypeptides related to a 38 amino acid peptide having SEQ ID NO:4. The invention provides for polypeptides having broad spectrum antimicrobial activity, nucleic acids and expression vectors encoding such polypeptides, as well as host cells and methods of reducing survival of a microbe. In addition, the invention also provides compositions, as well as articles of manufacture, that comprise a broad spectrum antimicrobial polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tonatiuh Melgarejo, Frank Blecha, Yongming Sang, Maria Teresa Ortega
  • Publication number: 20090221483
    Abstract: The invention relates to antimicrobial cathelicidin polypeptides related to a 38 amino acid peptide having SEQ ID NO:4. The invention provides for polypeptides having broad spectrum antimicrobial activity, nucleic acids and expression vectors encoding such polypeptides, as well as host cells and methods of reducing survival of a microbe. In addition, the invention also provides compositions, as well as articles of manufacture, that comprise a broad spectrum antimicrobial polypeptide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tonatiuh Melgarejo, Frank Blecha, Yongming Sang, Maria Teresa Ortega