...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7238361 | Smart drug delivery system The present invention provides prodrug and multi-prodrug complexes comprising drugs specifically bound to synthetic receptors in such a manner that active drug becomes available only in the presence of a targeted pathophysiologic receptor. Methods for preparation an... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7138124 | Polypeptides obtained from gram negative microbes The present invention provides compositions including at least two siderophore receptor polypeptides and at least two porins from a gram negative microbe, and preferably, lipopolysaccharide at a concentration of no greater than about 10.0 endotoxin units per millili... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6936263 | Th1 inducing natural adjuvant for heterologous antigens The present invention relates to the use of the major OprI lipoprotein of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to elicit a Type-1 immune response towards a heterologous antigen. The invention relates specifically to the use of OprI—antigen fusion proteins to elicit the T... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6866847 | Method of delivering a protein to poultry A method of delivering a protein to domestic poultry by administering to the poultry by whole body spray an effective amount of a live avirulent derivative of an enteropathogenic bacterium that contains a recombinant gene encoding the protein. ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6682745 | Use of bacterium for manufacture of a vaccine The present invention relates to the use of live attenuated bacteria for the manufacture of a vaccine for submucosal administration.... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6660262 | Broad spectrum antimicrobial compound and treatment A new and improved formulation and method for making same, for a broad spectrum antimicrobial treatment for bacterial and viral infections in cattle, horses, pigs, sheep and other domestic and non-domestic animals. More particularly, the present invention... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6368603 | Lyme combination compositions and uses Disclosed and claimed are compositions containing a Borrelia burgdorferi antigen, and methods for making and using them. The antigen can be OspA. The compositions can contain at least one additional antigen from a pathogen other than Borrelia burgdorferi.... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6355255 | Streptococcal C5a peptidase vaccine Novel vaccines for use against ଲ-hemolytic Streptococcus colonization or infection are disclosed. The vaccines contain an immunogenic amount of a variant of strepococcal C5a peptidase (SCP). Also disclosed is a method of protecting a susceptible mam... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6139844 | Method for treating or eliminating a parasitic disease A method for treating or eliminating a protozoal or parasitic disease in an animal in which a sufficient amount of a bacterial cell wall extract is administered to the animal having the protozoal or the parasitic disease. The cell wall extract is preferab... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6120775 | Streptococcus equi vaccine The present invention relates to a method of systemically administering a vaccine comprising live attenuated bacteria of the species Streptococcus equi in order to protect against Streptococcus equi infection.... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6019984 | Bacterial preparations, method for producing same, and their use as vaccines Novel bacterial preparations containing one or more isolated and purified strain of a microorganism which produces one or more RTX toxins, and which strain has at least one RTX toxin which is substantially cell-associated. Methods of preparing the bacteri... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5955090 | Immunogenic hybrid protein OprF-OprI derived from Pseudomonas aeruginosa membrane proteins The present invention relates to a hybrid protein comprising the Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane protein I (OprI) which is fused with its amino terminal end to the carboxy-terminal end of a carboxy-terminal portion of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa oute... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5183659 | Protection of equines against Streptococcus equi A new bacterial vaccine to protect susceptible equine against S. equi which causes strangles. The vaccine stimulates a nasopharyngeal immune response in a susceptible equine through the presence of antibody activity in the nasopharyngeal mucus. The vaccin... | 02/02/1993 |
| 4944942 | Intranasal vaccination of horses with inactivated microorganisms or antigenic material Horses can be immunized by the intranasal administration of antigenic material which provokes the proliferation of antibodies which reduce or neutralize the virulence of invasive microorganisms. These antigenic materials may be inactivated whole organisms... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4788059 | Equine strangles vaccine and the method of preparing and using the same A vaccine for immunizing equines against strangles and a method of using the vaccine. The vaccine is made by isolating the causative organism Streptococcus equi (S. equi) from an abscess on a horse showing typical symptoms of strangles, and confirming the... | 11/29/1988 |