Patents by Inventor Vito G. Del Vecchio

Vito G. Del Vecchio 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).

  • Process for the preparation of an improved strain plasmid to develop the strain and the vaccine comprising the said strain
    Patent number: 7541447
    Abstract: A Brucella bacterium is modified by partial or complete deletion of the pgm gene, rendering the bacterium incapable of synthesizing a key enzyme in the metabolism of bacterial sugars. A live vaccine for immunization, prophylaxis or treatment of brucellosis comprises such a bacterium, either lyophilized or in a pharmaceutical vehicle. Nucleotide sequence fragments having the aforementioned deletion are disclosed, with methods for making them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Inventors: Juan Esteban Ugalde, Diego José Comerci, Rodolfo Augusto Ugalde, Vito G. Del Vecchio
  • Oligonucleotides and nucleic acids for detection of ureaplasma urealyticum
    Patent number: 5728522
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a rapid and sensitive method for detecting Ureaplasma urealyticum using U. urealyticum-specific probes and oligonucleotides. In particular a target sequence can be amplified by in vitro nucleic acid amplification techniques or directly detected by nucleic acid hybridization using the subject probes and oligonucleotides. U. urealyticum-specific nucleic acids which do not recognize or hybridize to genomic nucleic acid of Mycoplasma species are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Research Corporation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Vito G. Del Vecchio, Louis E. Blouse, Jr., Ferne K. McCleskey