Patents by Inventor Mihai Gheorghe Netea

Mihai Gheorghe Netea 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 for diagnosing Q-fever using a cellular immunological test
    Patent number: 9551717
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing Q-fever in a subject, the method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a sample from said subject, (b) contacting said sample with a source of a Coxiella burnetii antigen and (c) determining the expression level of a pro-inflammatory cytokine such as IFN-? in said sample at the end of step (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: STICHTING KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT
    Inventors: Leonardus Antonius Bernardus Joosten, Mihai Gheorghe Netea, Johannes Willem Maarten van der Meer, Bart Julian Kullberg, Marcel van Deuren
  • Method for diagnosing Lyme disease using a cellular immunological test
    Patent number: 9316652
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing Lyme disease in a subject, the method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a sample from said subject, (b) contacting said sample with a source of Borrelia antigens and (c) determining the expression level of a pro-inflammatory cytokine in said sample at the end of step (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: STICHTING KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT
    Inventors: Leonardus Antonius Bernardus Joosten, Mihai Gheorghe Netea, Johannes Willem Maarten van der Meer, Bart Julian Kullberg
  • PERSONALISED MEDICINE
    Publication number: 20160077107
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assessing the efficacy of an inhibitor of a pro-inflammatory cytokine and/or of B cells in a subject and a method for treating said subject with said inhibitor provided the efficacy of said inhibitor has been determined as sufficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Leonardus Antonius Bernardus Joosten, Mihai Gheorghe Netea, Johannes Willem Maarten van der Meer
  • Novel Method for Diagnosing Lyme Disease Using a Cellular Immunological Test
    Publication number: 20130296184
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing Lyme disease in a subject, the method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a sample from said subject, (b) contacting said sample with a source of Borrelia antigens and (c) determining the expression level of a pro-inflammatory cytokine in said sample at the end of step (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: STICHTING KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT
    Inventors: Leonardus Antonius Bernardus Joosten, Mihai Gheorghe Netea, Johannes Willem Maarten van der Meer, Bart Julian Kullberg
  • Novel Method for Diagnosing Q-fever Using a Cellular Immunological Test
    Publication number: 20130210038
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing Q-fever in a subject, the method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a sample from said subject, (b) contacting said sample with a source of a Coxiella burnetii antigen and (c) determining the expression level of a pro-inflammatory cytokine such as IFN-? in said sample at the end of step (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: STICHTING KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT
    Inventors: Leonardus Antonius Bernardus Joosten, Mihai Gheorghe Netea, Johannes Willem Maarten van der Meer, Bart Julian Kullberg, Marcel van Deuren