Patents by Inventor Bo Yin Tsui

Bo Yin Tsui has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Circulating mRNA as diagnostic markers
    Publication number: 20040203037
    Abstract: Methods and kits are provided for diagnosing, monitoring, or predicting the conditions of pre-eclaimpsia, fetal chromosomal aneuploidy, and pre-term labor in a pregnant woman, as well as for detecting pregnancy in a woman, by quantitatively measuring in the maternal blood the amount of one or more mRNA species encoding human chorionic gonadotropin &bgr; subunit (hCG-&bgr;), human placental lactogen (hPL), human corticotropin releasing hormone (hCRH), KiSS-1 metastasis-suppressor (KISS1), tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 (TPFI2), placenta-specific 1 (PLAC1), or glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), and comparing the amount of the mRNA species with a standard control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Yuk-Ming Dennis Lo, Kai On Ng, Bo Yin Tsui, Wai Kwun Rossa Chiu
  • Methods for evaluating a disease condition by nucleic acid detection and fractionation
    Publication number: 20040009518
    Abstract: This invention relates to the discovery that both non-particle and particle associated nucleic acids are present in blood plasma and serum and can be used to evaluate disease conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicant: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Yuk Ming Dennis Lo, Kai On Ng, Bo Yin Tsui, Wai Kwun Rossa Chiu, Yuen Shan Lisa Chan, Timothy Hudson Rainer, Yuk Lan Lam