Patents by Inventor Johan Swinnen

Johan Swinnen 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).

  • PHOSPHOLIPID PROFILING AND CANCER
    Publication number: 20130115618
    Abstract: In general, the present invention provides prognostic and predictive methods and kits for determining the lipogenicity of a tumor in a subject, by making use of phospholipid profiling, whereby a relative increase in mono-unsaturated phospholipid species in combination with a relative decrease in poly-unsaturated phospholipid species is indicative for a more resistant and aggressive lipogenic cancer phenotype.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
    Inventor: Johan Swinnen