Patents by Inventor Bram Edward C. Schreuder

Bram Edward C. Schreuder 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).

  • Prion test
    Patent number: 7566543
    Abstract: The invention is related to diagnostic methods for detecting transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) such as BSE and scrapie and related disease in humans. The invention provides use of guanidine thiocyanate (gdnSCN), or a functional equivalent thereof, for treating at least one sample derived from a mammal, including humans, for reducing the risk of scoring a false-positive test result in testing the sample for the presence or absence of aberrant prion protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: ID-Lelystad, Instituut Voor Dierhouderij en Diergezonheid B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Jan Garssen, Jorg Günther Jacobs, Joannes Pieter M. Langeveld, Marinus Adrianus Smits, Lucien Johannes M. van Keulen, Bram Edward C. Schreuder, Alexander Bossers
  • Prion test
    Publication number: 20080153117
    Abstract: The invention is related to diagnostic methods for detecting transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) such as BSE and scrapie and related disease in humans. The invention provides use of guanidine thiocyanate (gdnSCN), or a functional equivalent thereof, for treating at least one sample derived from a mammal, including humans, for reducing the risk of scoring a false-positive test result in testing the sample for the presence or absence of aberrant prion protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: ID-Lelystad, Instituut voor Dierhouderij en Diergezondheid B.V.
    Inventors: Gerrit Jan Garssen, Jorg Gunther Jacobs, Joannes Pieter M. Langeveld, Marinus Adrianus Smits, Lucien Johannes M. van Keulen, Bram Edward C. Schreuder, Alexander Bossers
  • Prion test
    Patent number: 7344842
    Abstract: The invention is related to diagnostic methods for detecting transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) such as BSE and scrapie and related disease in humans. The invention provides use of guanidine thiocyanate (gdnSCN) or a functional equivalent thereof for treating at least one sample derived from a mammal, including humans for reducing the risk of scoring a false-positive test result in testing said sample for the presence of aberrant prion protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: ID-Lelystad, Instituut voor Dierhouderij en Diergezondheid
    Inventors: Gerrit Jan Garssen, Jorg Günther Jacobs, Joannes Pieter M. Langeveld, Marinus Adrianus Smits, Lucien Johannes M. van Keulen, Bram Edward C. Schreuder, Alexander Bossers