Patents by Inventor Martinus Van Boekel

Martinus Van Boekel 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 of detecting auto-antibodies from patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, a peptide and an assay kit
    Publication number: 20070087380
    Abstract: The invention relates to method of detecting autoantibodies from patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. To this end, according to the invention, at least two peptide units are used of which at least one peptide unit comprises a part not derived from (pro)fillaggrin, fibrin, fibrinogen, vimentin, cytokeratin 1 and cytokeratin 9, and which peptide unit comprises the motif XG, and a peptide unit comprising the motif XnonG, wherein X is a citrullin or an analogue thereof, and nonG is an amino acid other than glycine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Waltherus Jacobus Van Venrooij, Jan Drijfhout, Martinus Van Boekel, Gerardus Pruijn