The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2014
Applicants:
Richard T. Marconi, Midlothian, VA (US);
Christopher Earnhart, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Inventors:
Richard T. Marconi, Midlothian, VA (US);
Christopher Earnhart, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
Virgina Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/02 (2006.01); C07K 14/195 (2006.01); A61P 37/04 (2006.01); C07K 16/12 (2006.01); C07K 7/08 (2006.01); A61P 31/04 (2006.01); C07K 14/20 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/20 (2013.01); A61K 39/0225 (2013.01); C07K 16/1207 (2013.01); G01N 33/56911 (2013.01); G01N 33/6854 (2013.01); A61K 2039/55505 (2013.01); A61K 2039/55566 (2013.01); A61K 2039/70 (2013.01); C07K 2317/73 (2013.01); C07K 2319/00 (2013.01); C07K 2319/21 (2013.01); C07K 2319/22 (2013.01); G01N 2333/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A chimeric polyvalent recombinant protein for use as a vaccine and diagnostic for Lyme disease is provided. The chimeric protein comprises epitopes of the loop 5 region and/or the alpha helix 5 region of outer surface protein C (OspC) types. The OspC types may be associated with mammaliraninfections.