Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Christina K. Stock
  • Antibodies that bind neuron restrictive silencer factor proteins
    Patent number: 6824774
    Abstract: The present invention relates to neuron-restrictive silencer factor proteins, nucleic acids, and antibodies thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David J. Anderson, Christopher J. Schoenherr
  • Cultures of human CNS Neural stem cells
    Patent number: 6777233
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for determining the effect of a biological agent comprising contacting a cell culture with a biological agent. The cell culture of the invention contains a culture medium containing one or more preselected growth factors effective for inducing multipotent central nervous system (CNS) neural stem cell proliferation. The cell culture also contains, suspended in the culture medium, human multipotent CNS neural stem cells that are derived from primary CNS neural tissue that have a doubling rate faster than 30 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: StemCells California, Inc.
    Inventor: Melissa Carpenter
  • Non-invasive tissue glucose level monitoring
    Patent number: 6721582
    Abstract: Instruments and methods are described for performing non-invasive measurements of analyte levels and for monitoring, analyzing and regulating tissue status, such as tissue glucose levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Argose, Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre Trepagnier, Jenny Freeman, James Mansfield, Derek Brand, Michael J. Hopmeier, Nikiforos Kollias