Patents
US 9157915 B2: Devices and methods for detecting human metapneumovirus
- Granted
- 2015-10-13
- Filed
- 2013-07-18 application 13945716
- Type
- Utility · 44 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
The present invention discloses specific human metapneumovirus monoclonal antibodies. The antibody is at least two-fold less reactive with non-human metapneumoviruses including, but not limited to, respiratory viruses or avian metapneumoviruses. Further, the antibody is at least two-fold more reactive with a human metapneumovirus (i.e., for example, Type A or Type B) than with non-human metapneumoviruses including, but not limited to, respiratory viruses or avian metapneumoviruses. Consequently, these novel antibodies are useful as a clinical diagnostic agent, especially when using fresh nasopharengeal aspirates. The invention also contemplates numerous diagnostic platforms that together with the novel antibodies can support economical, fast, and highly selective detection and identification of clinical inoculum samples.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg151013.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc. 13 patents | US company or organization | Athens, OH | DIAGNOSTIC HYBRIDS, INC. State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giuseppe Gerna | Pavia, IT | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Antonella Sarasini | Stradella, IT | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Maria Grazia Revello | Albiolo, IT | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G01N | Investigating or analysing materials by determining their chemical or physical properties | G01N33/56983 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C07K | Peptides | C07K16/11 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-22 | Release of security interest Release (reel 060220 / frame 0711) | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. signed 2025-08-21 | QUIDEL CORPORATION SAN DIEGO, CA BIOHELIX CORPORATION BEVERLY, MA DIAGNOSTIC HYBRIDS, INC. ATHENS, OH QUIDEL CARDIOVASCULAR INC. SAN DIEGO, CA ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC. RARITAN, NJ CRIMSON U.S. ASSETS LLC RARITAN, NJ CRIMSON INTERNATIONAL ASSETS LLC RARITAN, NJ MICRO TYPING SYSTEMS, INC. POMPANO BEACH, FL | 72577/536 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-08-22 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | CRIMSON INTERNATIONAL ASSETS LLC signed 2025-08-21 MICRO TYPING SYSTEMS, INC. signed 2025-08-21 ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC. signed 2025-08-21 QUIDEL CARDIOVASCULAR INC. signed 2025-08-21 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CHARLOTTE, NC | 72526/643 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2024-08-15 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | DIAGNOSTICS HYBRIDS, INC. signed 2024-08-12 | ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC. RARITAN, NJ | 68657/748 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-05-31 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | QUIDEL CORPORATION signed 2022-05-27 BIOHELIX CORPORATION signed 2022-05-27 DIAGNOSTIC HYBRIDS, INC. signed 2022-05-27 QUIDEL CARDIOVASCULAR INC. signed 2022-05-27 ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC. signed 2022-05-27 CRIMSON U.S. ASSETS LLC signed 2022-05-27 CRIMSON INTERNATIONAL ASSETS LLC signed 2022-05-27 MICRO TYPING SYSTEMS, INC. signed 2022-05-27 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. CHARLOTTE, NC | 60220/711 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-05-31 | Release of security interest Release of security interest | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. signed 2022-05-27 | QUIDEL CORPORATION SAN DIEGO, CA | 60220/649 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2017-10-06 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | QUIDEL CORPORATION signed 2017-10-06 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT KIRKLAND, WA | 44141/686 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2017-01-12 | Name change Change of address | DIAGNOSTIC HYBRIDS, INC. signed 2016-10-17 | DIAGNOSTIC HYBRIDS, INC. ATHENS, OH | 41351/846 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2015-01-22 | Correction Corrective assignment to correct the assignee name previously recorded at reel: 031031 frame: 0119. assignor(s) hereby confirms the assignment. | GERNA, GUISEPPE signed 2006-06-21 REVELLO, MARIA GRAZIA signed 2006-06-21 SARASINI, ANTONELLA signed 2006-06-21 | DIAGNOSTIC HYBRIDS, INC. ATHENS, OH | 34804/909 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2013-08-16 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | GERNA, GIUSEPPE signed 2006-06-21 REVELLO, MARIA GRAZIA signed 2006-06-21 SARASINI, ANTONELLA signed 2006-06-21 | QUIDEL CORPORATION SAN DIEGO, CA | 31031/119 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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