Anthrax carbohydrates, synthesis and uses thereof

US9310366B2 · 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
• Therese Buskas · Athens, US
• Elmar Kannenberg · Athens, US
• Alok Mehta · East Greenbush, US
• Elke Saile · Decatur, US
• Conrad Padraig Quinn · Lilburn, US
• Patricia Wilkins · Duluth, US
• Mahalakshmi Vasan · Athens, US
• Margreet A. Wolfert · Athens, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2016
• Expiry date: Nov 11, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2400/00
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.