Patents by Inventor Wai-Hong Wu

Wai-Hong Wu 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).

  • Differential immunoassay for PRRS vaccine antibody
    Patent number: 8541188
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunoassays for serologically differentiating animals naturally infected with PRRS virus from animals vaccinated against PRRS. The immunoassays provide detection of at least a portion of the N terminal region of the 2b portion of PRRSV. The immunoassay is preferably an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Jin Yoon, Wai-Hong Wu
  • DIFFERENTIAL IMMUNOASSAY FOR PRRS VACCINE ANTIBODY
    Publication number: 20120058466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunoassays for serologically differentiating animals naturally infected with PRRS virus from animals vaccinated against PRRS. The immunoassays provide detection of at least a portion of the N terminal region of the 2b portion of PRRSV. The immunoassay is preferably an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Jin Yoon, Wai-Hong Wu
  • Universal and differential serologic assay for swine influenza virus
    Patent number: 7892729
    Abstract: A universal and differential assay kit for the detection of antibodies to swine influenza virus (SIV) in a biological sample comprising SIV non-structural 1 (NS1) protein and SIV nucleoprotein (NP); a universal and differential assay method for detecting antibodies to SIV in a biological sample comprising assaying the biological sample for the presence of an antibody to SIV NS1 protein and an antibody to SIV NP; primers; and fusion proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Jin Yoon, Wai-Hong Wu, Won-Il Kim
  • DIFFERENTIAL IMMUNOASSAY FOR PRRS VACCINE ANTIBODY
    Publication number: 20100227339
    Abstract: The present invention relates to immunoassays for serologically differentiating animals naturally infected with PRRS virus from animals vaccinated against PRRS. The immunoassays provide detection of at least a portion of the N terminal region of the 2b portion of PRRSV. The immunoassay is preferably an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Jin Yoon, Wai-Hong Wu