Patents by Inventor Yvette Augery-Bourget

Yvette Augery-Bourget 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).

  • Recombinant production of a human interferon (IFN)-gamma antagonist cytokine
    Patent number: 5612195
    Abstract: A cytokine that is a specific antagonist of induction by interferon-gamma of the expression of class II histocompatibility antigens at the cell surface is disclosed. The cytokine is naturally secreted by cells or is the expression product of an exogenous DNA sequence in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells. Also disclosed is a DNA sequence that codes, on expression in a host cell, for a cytokine having a biological activity that is a specific antagonist of induction by interferon-gamma of the expression of class II histocompatibility antigens at the cell surface. A method for preparing the cytokine is further disclosed. Finally, a therapeutic composition containing the cytokine is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
    Inventors: Patricia Krief, Bruno Azzarone, Yvette Augery-Bourget, Claude Boucheix, Claude Jasmin