IP Library Granted Patent US 12,290,559
Granted Patent B2
US 12,290,559 · App. 17/986,286 · Granted May 6, 2025

Methods of vaccine administration

Inventors: Cassius McAllister Tucker (Kalamazoo, MI); John David Haworth (Englewood, CO)
Assignee: Zoetis Services LLC
A61K39/235A61K39/0225A61K39/099A61K39/12A61K39/155A61K39/175A61K39/23C07K14/005C12N7/00A61K39/00A61K2039/525A61K2039/5254A61K2039/542A61K2039/545A61K2039/552A61K2039/70C12N2710/10034C12N2710/10071C12N2710/10334C12N2750/14034C12N2750/14071C12N2750/14334C12N2760/18034C12N2760/18071C12N2760/18434C12N2760/18471C12N2770/20022
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Patent No.
US 12,290,559
App. No.
17/986,286
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This invention relates to a method of treating a dog for canine diseases comprising administering to the dog therapeutically effective amounts of a vaccine, wherein the vaccine comprises viral antigens, a bacterin, or both, and wherein the vaccine is administered subcutaneously or orally according to the schedules provided herein.

Claims (13)

1. A method of vaccinating a dog against canine parainfluenza, the method comprising administering to the dog a therapeutically effective amount of a vaccine comprising modified live canine parainfluenza (CPI) virus, wherein the vaccine is administered orally in a first dose and orally in a second dose, and wherein said second dose being administered about 7 days to about 35 days following administration of said first dose.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said therapeutically amount of CPI is from 10 6 TCID 50 to about 10 8 TCID 50 inclusive, per dose.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said vaccine further comprises a therapeutically effective amount of Bordetella bronchiseptica extract.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the therapeutically effective amount of B. bronchiseptica extract is from about 3×10 6 to about 3×10 11 cells inclusive, per dose.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein said therapeutically amount of CPI is from 10 6 TCID 50 to about 10 8 TCID 50 inclusive, per dose.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein said second dose being administered about 21 days following administration of said first dose.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising administering to the dog an annual dose of said vaccine, wherein said annual dose is administered about one year after the first dose.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising administering to the dog an annual dose of said vaccine, wherein said annual dose is administered about one year after the first dose.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the vaccine is non-adjuvanted.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the vaccine in non-adjuvanted.

11. The method of any one of claim 3, 4, 5, or 9 , wherein antigens in said vaccine consist of said modified live CPI virus and B. bronchiseptica extract.

12. The method of any one of claims 1-10 , wherein said vaccine further comprises a therapeutically effective amount of modified live Canine Adenovirus type 2 (CAV-2) and wherein said vaccine elicits protective antibody titer in the serum of said dog, wherein said protective titer is at least 1:16 against CAV-1.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein said therapeutically effective amount of modified live Canine Adenovirus type 2 (CAV-2) is from about 10 2 TCID 50 to about 10 8 TCID 50 , inclusive; or from about 10 3 TCID 50 to about 10 6 TCID 50 , inclusive; or from about 10 4 TCID 50 to about 10 5 TCID 50 , inclusive.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2025
From: TUCKER, CASSIUS M.; HAWORTH, JOHN D.
To: PFIZER INC.; PFIZER PRODUCTS INC.
Reel/Frame 070696/0875 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2025
From: PFIZER INC.
To: AH USA 42 LLC
Reel/Frame 070703/0536 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2025
From: ZOETIS LLC
To: ZOETIS SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 070703/0682 →
ADDRESS CHANGE OF ASSIGNEE Recorded Apr 1, 2025
From: ZOETIS SERVICES LLC
To: ZOETIS SERVICES LLC
Reel/Frame 070703/0827 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 1, 2025
From: AH USA 42 LLC
To: ZOETIS LLC
Reel/Frame 070704/0293 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 18792 FRAME: 428. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 1, 2025
From: TUCKER, CASSIUS M.; HAWORTH, JOHN D.
To: PFIZER INC.
Reel/Frame 070735/0316 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16910284 · Jun 24, 2020
Continuation 14282702 · May 20, 2014
Continuation 12521148
Provisional Application 60877322 · Dec 27, 2006
Related Publication 20230078668A1 · Mar 16, 2023
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