Patents by Inventor Zainul Zainuddin

Zainul Zainuddin 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).

  • Vibrio cholerae strains VCUSM1 and VCUSM4, method of producing same, and vaccine derivatives thereof
    Publication number: 20060099229
    Abstract: Metabolic auxotroph of Vibrio cholerae 0139 synonym Bengal which has a mutation in its hem A gene and which is not capable of synthesizing aminolevulinic acid (ALA) de novo and which is obtained from a parent strain originally isolated from a patient's coproculture having all the identifying characteristics of Vibrio cholerae 0139 synonym Bengal is described. In this strain the hem A gene is mutated by inserting a kanamycin resistant gene cassette. Another metabolic auxotroph of Vibrio cholerae 01 El Tor where the hem A gene is mutated by a frame shift mutation is disclosed. Methods of producing the strains are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Manickam Ravichandran, Syed Ali, Nur Rashid, Lalitha Pattabiraman, Zainul Zainuddin