Patents by Inventor Kathleen Mary Metters

Kathleen Mary Metters 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).

  • Method to increase expression of pgd2 receptors and assays for identifying modulators of prostaglandin d2 receptors
    Publication number: 20040197834
    Abstract: The present invention provides cell lines expressing endogenous PGD2-specific receptors, methods for increasing expression of the receptors and assays utilizing the hereindisclosed cell lines for identifying modulators of the PGD2-specific receptors. Increasing expression of PGD2-specific receptors is achieved by treating the disclosed cell lines with an agent that induces differentiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Francois Gervais, Kathleen Mary Metters, Gary O'Neill
  • Method of treating or preventing urinary incontinence using prostanoid EP1 receptor antagonists
    Publication number: 20020137746
    Abstract: This invention encompasses a method of treating or preventing urinary incontinence in a mammalian patient comprising administering to the patient a compound of formula I: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Francois Joseph Carl, Kathleen Mary Metters, Theodore Paul Broten, Mervyn Tuner