[From Antiviral Agents Bulletin, April 1998 issue]

    Indexes - U.S. Patents 1997

    The Antiviral Agents Bulletin published 596 antiviral and virus-related abstracts and/or claims for U.S. patents issued during 1997. The following indexes are presented below:

      Assignee Index
      Antiviral Agent Index
      Vaccine and Vector Index
      Virus/Disease Index

      These are followed by listings of:

      Immune Modulator Patents
      Nucleoside/Nucleotide Patents
      Blood Treatment Patents
      Disinfectant/Sterilization Patents
      Veterinary Use Patents

    Index entries refer to the issue of the Bulletin which published the patent abstract and/or exemplary claim followed by the U.S. patent number. Patents are arranged in numerical order within the ŇU.S. PatentsÓ section of each issue of the Bulletin.

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    For U.S. patents granted in 1997, highlights or one-sentence summaries (not the abstract/claim) were also provided for an additional 245 patents that were not specifically antiviral agent or virus-related, e.g., generic technologies, diagnostics, etc. These patents are not included in the indexes below.


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    Assignee Index

    Patent assignees are indexed below. In a few cases, patents are indexed to parent companies. Most patents unassigned or assigned to individuals are not listed below.

    Abbott Labs. - Mar., 5,591,440; 5,591,860; Apr., 5,595,739; 5,597,927; 5,597,928; May, 5,608,072; 5,610,009; 5,610,193; June, 5,616,714; 5,616,720; 5,621,109; Aug., 5,635,523; Sep., 5,648,497; Nov., 5,658,893; 5,659,044; 5,659,045; Dec., 5,667,992; 5,670,675; 5,674,882; Jan. 98, 5,679,797; Feb. 98, 5,696,270

    ACIC (Canada) Inc. - May, 5,610,292

    Ajinomoto Co., Inc. - Feb. 98, 5,688,948

    Akzo Nobel N.V. - Apr., 5,602,022; July, 5,626,850; Oct., 5,652,119; Nov., 5,661,006; Dec., 5,674,499; 5,674,500; Jan. 98, 5,686,076; 5,686,077; 5,686,287; Feb. 98, 5,690,939; 5,698,203

    Albany Medical College - Sep., 5,643,574

    Allelix Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. - July, 5,627,194; 5,633,230; Sep., 5,646,120; Dec., 5,674,849

    American Home Products Corp. - Mar., 5,591,823; July, 5,633,348; Aug., 5,639,853; Sep.,5,643,579; Oct., 5,656,275; Feb. 98, 5,690,942; 5,691,449

    Amgen Inc. - Nov., 5,661,009

    Amur Research Corp. - Sep., 5,643,716

    Analyticon Gesellschaft - Sep., 5,646,179

    Antelman Technologies Ltd. - Jan. 98, 5,676,977

    Anthropharm Pty. - Dec., 5,668,116

    Arch Development Corp. - Apr., 5,599,691; Aug., 5,641,651

    Armel S.A. - July, 5,622,933

    Astra AB - Feb. 98, 5,686,428

    Aviron, Inc. - Feb. 98, 5,690,937

    Baltech, Inc. - Feb. 98, 5,686,448

    Bayer AG - May, 5,605,926; July, 5,633,231; Sep., 5,646,121

    Bayer Corp. - Dec., 5,674,982

    Baylor College of Medicine - Apr., 5,601,816; June, 5,614,403

    Behringwerke AG - Apr., 5,601,973; Oct., 5,656,475

    Beth Israel Hospital Association - June, 5,620,881

    Bio Merieux - Oct., 5,650,318

    Bio-Mega/Boehringer Ingelheim Res., Inc. - June, 5,614,533; Sep., 5,648,337; Dec., 5,672,586

    BioChem Pharma, Inc. - June, 5,618,820

    Biocine S.p.A. - May, 5,607,851

    BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - May, 5,602,277

    Biogen, Inc. - Apr., 5,595,884; Oct., 5,656,599; Nov., 5,661,004

    Bionova Corp. - Sep., 5,645,983

    Biota Scientific Management Pty., Ltd. - Aug., 5,639,786; Sep., 5,648,379

    Biotech Research Laboratories - Aug., 5,637,589

    Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada), Ltd. - Feb. 98, 5,700,780

    Boehringer Ingelheim Intl. GmbH - May, 5,603,932

    Boehringer Ingelheim Pharm., Inc. - Mar., 5,593,979; Apr., 5,602,113; June,5,620,974

    Brandeis Univ. - Feb. 98, 5,691,137

    Brigham Young Univ. - Apr., 5,599,839

    Bristol - Myers Squibb Co. - Apr., 5,597,569; May, 5,608,048; 5,608,049; 5,608,064; July, 5,625,031; Dec., 5,672,698; Feb. 98, 5,691,189

    British Technology Group Ltd. - July, 5,633,282; Aug., 5,639,462; 5,639,649; Oct., 5,650,488

    C.S.S.A.H.A., Inc. - May, 5,607,673

    California Institute of Technology - June, 5,620,844

    Cantab Pharmaceuticals Research Ltd. - Nov., 5,665,362

    Carnegie Institution of Washington - July, 5,633,152

    Cedars - Sinai Medical Center - July, 5,632,992; Dec., 5,672,349; Jan. 98, 5,679,348

    CEL - SCI Corp. - Oct., 5,652,342

    Celgene Corp. - Nov., 5,658,940; Feb. 98, 5,698,579

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientific - May, 5,610,035

    Cerus Corp. - Mar., 5,593,823; Oct., 5,654,443

    Chemotherapeutisches Forschunginstitut - Aug., 5,637,455; Jan. 98, 5,677,147

    ChildrenŐs Hospital, Inc. - Oct., 5,658,785

    ChildrenŐs Hospital Medical Center - Feb. 98, 5,695,767

    ChildrenŐs Hospital of Philadelphia - July, 5,626,851

    Chiron Behring GmbH & Co. - June, 5,612,453

    Chiron Corp. - Apr., 5,597,691; May, 5,612,041; June, 5,620,849; Aug., 5,635,175; 5,635,399; Sep., 5,643,565; 5,648,079; Oct., 5,653,985; Nov., 5,665,537; Dec., 5,670,152; 5,670,153; Jan. 98, 5,679,342; Feb. 98, 5,696,238; 5,698,446

    CIBA Corning Diagnostics Corp. - Oct., 5,656,457

    City of Hope - Feb. 98, 5,695,938

    Columbia Laboratories, Inc. - Dec., 5,667,492

    Columbia Univ. - Mar., 5,591,773; July, 5,631,407; Jan. 98, 5,683,901

    Commonwealth Sci. and Ind. Res. Org./CSIRO - June, 5,614,409

    Competitive Technologies, Inc. - Oct., 5,654,174; Feb. 98, 5,695,979

    Connaught Labs., Inc./Ltd. - May, 5,612,037; Aug., 5,639,854; Nov., 5,662,909; Jan. 98,5,683,702; 5,686,078

    Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche - Sep., 5,646,177

    Consorzio per le Biotecnologie - Nov., 5,665,355

    Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. - Feb. 98, 5,693,530

    Cytos Pharmaceuticals LLC - Nov., 5,658,937

    Daikin Industries, Ltd. - July, 5,627,290

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - May, 5,604,114; June, 5,616,461; Aug.,5,641,773; Oct., 5,652,144; 5,654,195; Nov., 5,665,577

    DAWA Inc. - Oct., 5,650,167

    Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum - May, 5,607,974

    Diagen Institut - Sep., 5,646,179

    Dow Chemical Co. - May, 5,606,108; Dec., 5,670,143; 5,670,144

    Drug Innovation & Design, Inc. - July, 5,627,165

    Duke Univ. - Oct., 5,656,480

    DuPont de Nemours & Co., E.I. - Dec., 5,674,988

    DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co. - May, 5,610,294; June, 5,616,578; Nov., 5,663,333; Jan. 98, 5,683,999

    Dyncorp - Sep., 5,646,033

    Edible Vaccines, Inc. - June, 5,612,487

    Eisai Co., Ltd. - June, 5,612,476

    Emory Univ. - Jan. 98, 5,684,010

    Epoch Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Oct., 5,652,359

    Equine Virology Research Foundation - Dec., 5,674,735

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - Sep., 5,643,888

    Gen-Probe Inc. - July, 5,629,413

    Genelabs Technologies, Inc. - June, 5,614,366

    Genencor International, Inc. - Nov., 5,662,902; 5,662,903

    Genentech, Inc. - Apr., 5,595,888; Dec., 5,674,984; Feb. 98, 5,690,925

    General Hospital Corp. - May, 5,610,050

    Genesys Pharma Inc. - Apr., 5,594,122

    Genetics Institute, Inc. - Sep., 5,648,072; 5,648,467

    Georgetown Univ. - Sep., 5,646,262

    Georgia State Univ. - Nov., 5,663,065

    Georgia Tech Research Corp. - Jan. 98, 5,681,832

    Gilead Sciences, Inc. - Mar., 5,591,851

    Glaxo Wellcome Inc./Ltd. - May, 5,607,929; June, 5,612,333; July, 5,627,186; Aug., 5,637,574; 5,641,889; Sep., 5,643,891; Nov., 5,663,154; Jan. 98, 5,683,990; Feb. 98, 5,700,680

    Harvard Univ. - Aug., 5,637,708

    Health Research, Inc. - June, 5,620,864; Dec., 5,668,253

    HemaSure Inc. - Nov., 5,663,043

    HemispheRx Biopharma Inc. - Mar., 5,593,973; Jan. 98, 5,683,986

    Hind Health Care, Inc. - Apr., 5,601,838

    HIV Diagnostics, Inc. - Feb. 98, 5,686,436

    Hoechst AG - Apr., 5,602,146; July, 5,631,259; Nov., 5,663,139

    Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. - June, 5,620,987; July, 5,633,279; Feb. 98,5,698,532

    Hostetler, K.Y. - Feb. 98, 5,696,277

    Hybridon, Inc. - Mar., 5,591,721; May, 5,605,890; June, 5,616,565; Jan. 98, 5,684,147; Feb. 98, 5,691,316

    IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp. - Feb. 98, 5,695,770

    IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. - Oct., 5,656,732

    Igen, Inc. - Apr., 5,597,573

    Immune Response Corp. - Nov., 5,661,023

    Immuno AG - June, 5,614,405; Aug., 5,639,730; Dec., 5,670,367; Feb. 98, 5,698,433

    Imperial College of Sci., Tech. & Med. - May, 5,605,692; Aug., 5,639,637

    Indena S.p.A. - Aug., 5,635,185

    Innogenetics, N.V. - July, 5,624,795

    Institut Nationale de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale/INSERM - Mar., 5,591,638; Oct., 5,656,423

    Institut Pasteur - Mar., 5,591,574; 5,591,638; Apr., 5,597,896; May, 5,610,035; Oct., 5,656,423; Dec., 5,672,689

    Institute of Organic Chem. and Biochem. of the Acad. of Sci. of the Czech Rep. - Mar., 5,591,852; Aug., 5,641,763; Oct., 5,650,510; Nov., 5,663,159

    Interferon Sciences, Inc. - Dec., 5,676,942

    Iowa State Univ. - Feb. 98, 5,695,766

    Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Mar., 5,591,600; 5,591,720; Apr., 5,595,978; May, 5,607,923; Nov., 5,658,891; 5,665,580; Dec., 5,670,633

    Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V. - Jan. 98, 5,684,049

    Japan Energy Corp. - Sep., 5,644,028

    Jinro Ltd. - Sep., 5,648,234

    Johns Hopkins Univ. - Oct., 5,654,401; Nov., 5,663,209

    Kabi Pharmacia AB - Feb. 98, 5,691,350

    Kappa Pharmaceuticals Ltd. - June, 5,622,724

    Kitasato Institute - Oct., 5,654,136

    Laboratori Baldacci SpA - Apr., 5,594,110

    LG Chemical Ltd. - Dec., 5,670,517; Jan. 98, 5,679,687; Feb. 98, 5,696,134

    Lidak Pharmaceuticals - Feb. 98, 5,698,767

    Ligochem, Inc. - Oct., 5,658,779

    Lilly & Co., Eli - May, 5,608,043; July, 5,624,934; 5,633,367; Sep., 5,644,043; Feb. 98, 5,693,661

    Louisiana State Univ. - Jan. 98, 5,677,179

    LXR Biotechnology Inc. - July, 5,624,672

    Lynx Therapeutics, Inc. - Mar., 5,591,607

    Magainin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Oct., 5,654,274; 5,654,451

    Massachusetts Inst. of Technology - June, 5,618,539

    Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. - Sep., 5,645,846

    Maxim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Dec., 5,670,311

    Mayo Foundation - Nov., 5,660,828

    Medical Discoveries, Inc. - July, 5,622,848

    Medical Research Council (U.K.) - Feb. 98, 5,700,469

    Medivir AB - June, 5,612,319; Oct., 5,656,617; Nov., 5,658,907

    Meiji Milk Products Co., Ltd. - July, 5,629,198

    Merck & Co., Inc. - May, 5,606,030; 5,607,852; June, 5,612,217; 5,612,484; 5,614,384; 5,618,685; 5,618,830; 5,618,937; July, 5,624,928; Aug., 5,637,711; Sep., 5,646,148; Oct., 5,650,412; Nov., 5,660,989; 5,663,169; 5,663,175; 5,663,341; 5,665,720; Dec., 5,668,132; Feb. 98, 5,693,803

    Merck Patent Gesellschaft - Feb. 98, 5,693,612

    Merrell Pharmaceuticals Inc. - May, 5,606,108; 5,607,925; June, 5,616,702; Dec., 5,670,143; 5,670,144; 5,672,625

    Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. - May, 5,605,899; Feb. 98, 5,690,949

    Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. - May, 5,604,209

    Mogam Biotechnology Research Institute - Aug., 5,635,473

    Monsanto Co. - Sep., 5,643,924; 5,648,364

    Narhex Ltd. - Jan. 98, 5,679,688

    National Environment Research Council (U.K.) - Jan. 98, 5,686,270; Feb. 98, 5,690,938

    New England Medical Center Hospitals, Inc. - Apr., 5,595,884; Oct., 5,656,599; Dec., 5,674,835

    New York Blood Center, Inc. - June, 5,620,844; Aug., 5,637,451; Oct., 5,658,722

    New York Medical College - June, 5,616,327

    New York Univ. - Mar., 5,591,773

    NeXstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Apr., 5,595,877; Aug., 5,635,615; 5,637,461; Oct., 5,654,151

    Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd. - June, 5,614,554

    Nissin Shokuhin K.K. - May, 5,607,847; June, 5,618,922; Nov., 5,665,569

    North Carolina State Univ. - Nov., 5,665,592

    Northern Illinois Univ. - Jan. 98, 5,683,902

    Novagene, Inc. - Apr., 5,601,816

    Novartis AG - Apr., 5,594,107; Sep., 5,643,878; 5,648,077; Nov., 5,663,168; 5,663,200; Dec., 5,670,497

    Novavax, Inc. - Feb. 98, 5,700,679

    Octamer, Inc. - Oct., 5,652,260

    Octapharma AG - Sep., 5,648,472

    Ontario Cancer Institute - Dec., 5,675,059; Feb. 98, 5,698,765

    OraVax, Inc. - Jan. 98, 5,686,270; Feb. 98, 5,690,938

    Oregon Health Sciences Univ. - May, 5,604,201

    Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. - Dec., 5,670,520

    Oxford Univ. - Dec., 5,667,782

    Parhelion Corp. - Dec., 5,670,156

    Patent Biopharmaceutics, Inc. - Jan. 98, 5,679,655

    Pfizer Inc. - Dec., 5,667,785

    Pharmacia & Upjohn Co. - Apr., 5,599,930; Dec., 5,674,709

    Picower Institute for Medical Research - June, 5,620,983

    Procept, Inc. - June, 5,614,559; Jan. 98, 5,677,343

    Procter & Gamble Co. - Oct., 5,656,615; Nov., 5,658,946; 5,665,713; 5,665,751

    ProCyte Corp. - Aug., 5,637,311

    PruTech Res. and Dev. Partnership - Mar., 5,593,873; Apr., 5,599,544

    Qiagen GmbH - Aug., 5,637,455; Jan. 98, 5,677,147

    Rational Drug Design Labs. - Feb. 98, 5,698,580

    Reed MacFadden, Ltd. - Jan. 98, 5,686,417

    Rega Stichting V.Z.W. - Aug., 5,641,763

    Research Corporation Technologies, Inc. - Oct., 5,650,296; Dec., 5,670,630

    Research Development Foundation - Sep., 5,645,836

    Research Found. for Microbial Dis. of Osaka Univ. - May, 5,610,067; Oct., 5,650,153; 5,653,976; Feb. 98, 5,693,497

    Retroscreen Ltd. - Feb. 98, 5,698,432

    Rhone Merieux - Apr., 5,597,721; Jan. 98, 5,676,952

    Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - May, 5,610,05; July, 5,622,854; Feb. 98, 5,693,532; 5,693,535

    Rockefeller Univ. - July, 5,627,025

    Rotkreuzstiftung Zentrallaboratorium Blutspendedienst SKR - Feb. 98, 5,696,236

    Rutgers State Univ. of New Jersey - Aug., 5,641,746

    Salk Institute for Biological Studies - May, 5,605,802

    Sankyo Co., Ltd. - July, 5,629,406; Dec., 5,674,856

    Sanofi, S.A. - Oct., 5,650,419

    Sanofi Winthrop, Inc. - Sep., 5,643,929

    Sanorell Pharma GmbH & Co. - Sep., 5,645,984

    Schering Corp. - June, 5,618,849; Feb. 98, 5,700,461

    Scripps Research Institute - Oct., 5,652,138

    Searle & Co., G.D. - Apr., 5,602,013; 5,602,175; May, 5,610,039; 5,610,190; June, 5,612,480; 5,614,522; 5,620,977; July, 5,622,949; 5,622,972; Aug., 5,637,707; 5,639,769; Oct., 5,648,511; Nov., 5,663,342; Feb. 98,5,698,569

    Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Sep., 5,648,354

    Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.p.A. - July, 5,631,288

    Sloan-Kettering Inst. for Cancer Research - Feb. 98, 5,691,338

    SmithKline Beecham Group PLC - Dec., 5,674,869

    Solvay Animal Health, Inc. - Feb. 98, 5,695,766

    Southern Research Institute - Mar., 5,591,722

    SRI International - June, 5,616,327

    Stanford Univ. - May, 5,607,974; July, 5,631,128

    State Univ. of New York - Nov., 5,663,161; Dec., 5,674,729

    Stichting Centraal Diergeneeskundig Inst. - Dec., 5,676,951

    Stichting Rega VZW - Mar., 5,591,852; May, 5,607,922; Oct., 5,650,510; Nov., 5,663,159; Dec., 5,668,113

    Stichting Voor de Tech. Wetenschappen - Feb. 98, 5,695,765

    Suntory Ltd. - Oct., 5,654,289

    Synphar Laboratories, Inc. - June, 5,616,606

    Syntello Vaccine Development AB - July, 5,627,035

    Syntro Corp. - Mar., 5,593,873; Apr., 5,599,544

    SyStemix, Inc. - Apr., 5,601,975; May, 5,612,018; Sep., 5,645,982

    Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. - June, 5,616,606

    Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. - July, 5,631,350; Jan. 98, 5,684,146

    Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd. - May, 5,605,919

    Tampa Bay Research Inst. - Sep., 5,643,881

    Tanox Biosystems, Inc. - Oct., 5,652,333; Feb. 98, 5,691,447

    Teijin Ltd. - Oct., 5,650,319; Feb. 98, 5,695,927

    Temple Univ. - Sep., 5,643,889

    Therion Biologics, Inc. - June, 5,614,404; July, 5,631,154

    Thomas Jefferson Univ. - Jan. 98, 5,683,692; Feb. 98, 5,695,757

    Toray Industries, Inc. - Apr., 5,596,018

    Transgene S.A. - Dec., 5,672,689

    Tularik Inc. - Jan. 98, 5,679,525

    U.S. Army - June, 5,614,193

    U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - May, 5,612,040

    U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Serv./NIH - Mar., 5,591,770; Apr., 5,599,839; May, 5,604,093; 5,607,831; June, 5,616,566; 5,618,53; 5,622,703; July, 5,622,861; 5,622,959; Aug., 5,635,532; 5,637,488; Sep., 5,646,033; 5,643,876; Oct., 5,650,441; 5,652,133; Nov., 5,665,345; Dec., 5,668,149; 5,672,607; 5,674,720; 5,674,835; Jan. 98, 5,681,832; 5,683,902; Feb. 98, 5,695,762; 5,696,079

    U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Admin. (NASA) - Aug., 5,637,477

    UAB Research Foundation - June, 5,614,413; 5,622,705

    Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc./Ltd. - Nov., 5,663,199; Feb. 98, 5,693,827; 5,696,151

    United Biomedical, Inc. - Aug., 5,639,594; Jan. 98, 5,683,695; 5,683,701

    Univ. College London - Dec., 5,668,253

    Univ. of Arizona - Feb. 98, 5,695,927

    Univ. of California - May, 5,605,828; June, 5,616,475; 5,620,849; Aug., 5,639,600; 5,639,619; Oct., 5,650,309; 5,654,398; Nov., 5,661,004; Dec., 5,670,361; Feb. 98, 5,691,135; 5,693,759

    Univ. of Cincinnati - May, 5,603,963

    Univ. of Colorado - Sep., 5,646,177

    Univ. of Connecticut - Jan. 98, 5,679,695

    Univ. of Florida - Oct., 5,651,972; Dec., 5,676,950

    Univ. of Georgia - Sep., 5,648,489

    Univ. of Glasgow - June, 5,616,326; Dec., 5,674,735

    Univ. of Kentucky - Jan. 98, 5,681,964

    Univ. of Maryland - Apr., 5,595,912; July, 5,632,989

    Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Center - Sep., 5,646,155; Dec., 5,674,502

    Univ. of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey - Sep., 5,643,574

    Univ. of Melbourne - Dec., 5,672,684

    Univ. of Michigan - July, 5,633,235; Sep., 5,646,125; Oct., 5,650,306; 5,654,283; Nov., 5,665,709

    Univ. of Minnesota - July, 5,631,370; Aug., 5,641,677; Dec., 5,672,485; Feb. 98, 5,690,940

    Univ. of Nebraska - Aug., 5,641,486

    Univ. of Newcastle - Sep., 5,643,577

    Univ. of North Carolina - Aug., 5,637,589; 5,639,650; Sep., 5,643,576

    Univ. of Pennsylvania - Mar., 5,593,972; Aug., 5,639,598; Feb. 98, 5,698,202

    Univ. of Pittsburgh - May, 5,609,876

    Univ. of Saskatchewan - Apr., 5,594,107

    Univ. of Southern California - Aug., 5,637,563

    Univ. of Sydney - Dec., 5,672,684

    Univ. of Tennessee - May, 5,608,085

    Univ. of Texas - Apr., 5,597,895; May, 5,603,933; July, 5,622,945; Jan. 98, 5,677,143; 5,686,264

    Univ. of Vermont - Nov., 5,660,828

    Verigen, Inc. - Oct., 5,658,569

    Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Sep., 5,646,180; Feb. 98, 5,691,372

    Veterinary Infectious Disease Org. - Dec., 5,672,350

    Vical Incorporated - Aug., 5,641,665

    VIMRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Jan. 98, 5,683,873

    Viral Technologies, Inc. - Nov., 5,665,536

    Virogenetics Corp. - Aug., 5,641,490; Oct., 5,658,572

    ViroPharma Inc. - July, 5,633,388; Jan. 98, 5,684,024

    Virostat (NA) NVQ - May, 5,609,874

    Virotex Corp. - Feb. 98, 5,696,160

    Wake Forest Univ. - June, 5,614,548; July, 5,633,235

    Warner-Lambert Co. - June, 5,612,330; Sep., 5,643,879; Dec., 5,668,178; 5,668,291

    Washington Univ. - Oct., 5,654,184; Jan. 98, 5,679,880; Feb. 98,5,698,431

    Wisconsin Alumni Res. Foundation - Dec., 5,674,901

    Wistar Inst. of Anatomy and Biology - Mar., 5,591,439; 5,593,972; May, 5,610,049; July, 5,626,851; Feb. 98, 5,698,202

    Worcester Foundation for Exp. Biology, Inc. - Aug., 5,635,377

    Yale Univ. - July, 5,627,160; 5,631,239; Aug., 5,635,478

    Yissum Research Development Co. - Aug., 5,639,461

    Zaidan Hojin Biseibutsu K.K. - Nov., 5,665,779

    ZW Biomedical Research AG - Oct., 5,656,628