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US 8,440,815 · App. 12/601,896 · Granted May 14, 2013

Pneumococcal serotype 6D

Inventors: Moon H. Nahm (Birmingham, AL); In Ho Park (Birmingham, AL)
Assignee: UAB Research Foundation
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Patent No.
US 8,440,815
App. No.
12/601,896
Granted
May 14, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a new and emerging serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae designated serotype 6D, and assays and monoclonal antibodies useful in identifying same. Also disclosed is a novel pneumococcal polysaccharide with the repeating unit →2) glucose 1 (1→3) glucose 2 (1→3) rhamnose (1→4) ribitol (5→phosphate. This new serotype may be included in pneumococcal vaccines.

Claims (1)

1. A purified polysaccharide comprising the repeating unit {→2) glucose 1 (1→3) glucose 2 (1→3) rhamnose (1→4) ribitol (5→phosphate}.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Aug 24, 2021
From: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 057278/0808 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2012
From: NAHM, MOON H.; PARK, IN HO, PHD.
To: UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 029398/0637 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 60924703 · May 29, 2007
Provisional Application 60924704 · May 29, 2007
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