Anthrax carbohydrates, synthesis and uses thereof

US8420607B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. · US
• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · US

Inventors

• Russell W. Carlson · Athens, US
• Geert-Jan Boons · Athens, US
• Conrad Padraig Quinn · Lilburn, US
• Mahalakshmi Vasan · Athens, US
• Margreet A. Wolfert · Athens, US
• Therese Buskas · Athens, US
• Biswa Choudhury · Athens, US
• Elmar Kannenberg · Athens, US
• Christine Leoff · Athens, US
• Alok Mehta · East Greenbush, US
• Elke Saile · Decatur, US
• Jana Rauvolfova · Braselton, US
• Patricia Wilkins · Duluth, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 24, 2008
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 8, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2469/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention presents the isolation, characterization and synthesis of oligosaccharides of Bacillus anthracis. Also presented are antibodies that bind to such saccharide moieties and various methods of use for such saccharide moieties and antibodies.