Patents by Inventor Lori R. Bernstein

Lori R. Bernstein 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).

  • Publication number: 20220016208
    Abstract: Described are novel female fertility therapies. A first aspect of the invention is directed to therapies that include FSH lowering methodologies to prevent and/or treat egg infertility. A second aspect of the invention is directed to agents that bind to activin, bind to receptors that bind activin, or that otherwise disrupt activin signaling (collectively referred to herein as “activin pathway modifier agents” or “APM agents”) and methods of utilizing these agents to prevent and/or treat egg infertility. A third aspect of the invention is directed to methods of administering an effective amount of an APM agent to a subject to increase oocyte yield and/or ovarian reserve. All three aspects of the invention may be used in humans and in animals. Additional aspects of the invention include therapeutic drug kits for treatment of humans and animals based on the methodologies described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Lori R. Bernstein, Tom Thompson
  • Patent number: 11185569
    Abstract: Described are novel female fertility therapies. A first aspect of the invention is directed to therapies that include FSH lowering methodologies to prevent and/or treat egg infertility. A second aspect of the invention is directed to agents that bind to activin, bind to receptors that bind activin, or that otherwise disrupt activin signaling (collectively referred to herein as “activin pathway modifier agents” or “APM agents”) and methods of utilizing these agents to prevent and/or treat egg infertility. A third aspect of the invention is directed to methods of administering an effective amount of an APM agent to a subject to increase oocyte yield and/or ovarian reserve. All three aspects of the invention may be used in humans and in animals. Additional aspects of the invention include therapeutic drug kits for treatment of humans and animals based on the methodologies described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: University of Cincinnati
    Inventors: Lori R. Bernstein, Tom Thompson
  • Publication number: 20190160144
    Abstract: Described are novel female fertility therapies. A first aspect of the invention is directed to therapies that include FSH lowering methodologies to prevent and/or treat egg infertility. A second aspect of the invention is directed to agents that bind to activin, bind to receptors that bind activin, or that otherwise disrupt activin signaling (collectively referred to herein as “activin pathway modifier agents” or “APM agents”) and methods of utilizing these agents to prevent and/or treat egg infertility. A third aspect of the invention is directed to methods of administering an effective amount of an APM agent to a subject to increase oocyte yield and/or ovarian reserve. All three aspects of the invention may be used in humans and in animals. Additional aspects of the invention include therapeutic drug kits for treatment of humans and animals based on the methodologies described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Lori R. Bernstein, Tom Thompson
  • Publication number: 20150273020
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods of prevention of oocyte and fetal aneuploidy, birth defects, miscarriages and infertility in women. The three therapies, disclosed herein, the hormone normalization therapy, the aromatase inhibitor-hormone normalization therapy, and the low responder hormone normalization therapy with estrogenic supplementation focus on restoring young hormonal levels in women in order to prevent female infertility and miscarriages, guide follicular and oocyte maturation, follicular responsiveness, and promote correct chromosomal segregation in oocytes and early embryos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Lori R. Bernstein, Barry M. Datlof
  • Patent number: 9056072
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel method of prevention of birth defects, miscarriages and infertility in women. The two therapies, disclosed herein, the hormone normalization therapy and the aromatase inhibitor-hormone normalization therapy, focus on restoring young hormonal levels in women in order to prevent female infertility and miscarriages, guide follicular and oocyte maturation, and promote correct chromosomal segregation in oocytes and early embryos.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Inventor: Lori R. Bernstein
  • Publication number: 20090137478
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel method of prevention of birth defects, miscarriages and infertility in women. The two therapies, disclosed herein, the hormone normalization therapy and the aromatase inhibitor-hormone normalization therapy, focus on restoring young hormonal levels in women in order to prevent female infertility and miscarriages, guide follicular and oocyte maturation, and promote correct chromosomal segregation in oocytes and early embryos.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Lori R. Bernstein, Barry M. Datlof