Patents by Inventor Florence Bourquin

Florence Bourquin 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).

  • USE OF PROKARYOTIC SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE LYASES AND OF SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE LYASES LACKING A TRANSMEMBRANE DOMAIN FOR TREATING HYPERPROLIFERATIVE AND OTHER DISEASES
    Publication number: 20130259851
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of prokaryotic sphingosine-1-phosphate lyases (S1PL) and S1PLs that lack a transmembrane domain or of a nucleic acid encoding such an S1PL in the prevention or treatment of a disease condition associated with elevated levels of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), and for which S1P elevation is directly or indirectly causative. In addition, the invention relates to a new product in the form of S1PL lacking the N-terminal loop domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicants: UNIVERSITAT ZURICH, UNIVERSITAT BERN
    Inventors: Uwe Zangemeister-Wittke, Andrea Huwiler, Markus G. Grutter, Florence Bourquin