Patents by Inventor Neil Cashman

Neil Cashman 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).

  • Patent number: 9809620
    Abstract: Prion peptides comprising prion epitopes and fusions thereof, that display enhanced immunogenicity are described. Also described are methods of treating and diagnosing prion disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: University of Saskatchewan
    Inventors: Kristen Marciniuk, Ryan Taschuk, Scott Napper, Andrew Potter, Neil Cashman
  • Publication number: 20170192020
    Abstract: The invention relates to an epitope protection assay for use in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention in diseases, for example, involving polypeptide aggregation, such as prion infections. The methods of the invention first block accessible polypeptide target epitope with a blocking agent. After denaturation of the polypeptide, a detecting agent is used to detect protein with target epitope that was inaccessible during contact with the blocking agent. The invention also relates to novel amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-specific epitopes and their uses to make antibodies, and to the novel antibodies and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventor: Neil Cashman
  • Patent number: 9625476
    Abstract: The invention relates to an epitope protection assay for use in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention in diseases, for example, involving polypeptide aggregation, such as prion infections. The methods of the invention first block accessible polypeptide target epitope with a blocking agent. After denaturation of the polypeptide, a detecting agent is used to detect protein with target epitope that was inaccessible during contact with the blocking agent. The invention also relates to novel amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-specific epitopes and their uses to make antibodies, and to the novel antibodies and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: PROMIS NEUROSCIENCES INC.
    Inventor: Neil Cashman
  • Publication number: 20170008955
    Abstract: Provided herein are humanized antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that can bind to a cyclic peptide comprising the amino acid sequence SNK, wherein the K (Lysine) is solvent-accessible and methods of treating and/or preventing amyloid-beta associated diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Cory Nykiforuk, Darrell Johnstone, Neil Cashman
  • Patent number: 9523697
    Abstract: The invention relates to an epitope protection assay for use in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention in diseases, for example, involving polypeptide aggregation, such as prion infections. The methods of the invention first block accessible polypeptide target epitope with a blocking agent. After denaturation of the polypeptide, a detecting agent is used to detect protein with target epitope that was inaccessible during contact with the blocking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: PROMIS NEUROSCIENCES Inc.
    Inventors: Neil Cashman, Marty Lehto
  • Patent number: 9507012
    Abstract: Examples of determining the position of a mobile device within a structure are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computing device may include a processor and a memory. The computing device may further include an extraction module stored in the memory and executing on the processor to extract from a location-based service data stream a signal measurement of the path loss between a mobile device and a plurality of radio nodes distributed throughout a structure. The computing device may also include a positioning determining module stored in the memory and executing on the processor to determine the position of the mobile device within the structure using a known location for each of the plurality of radio nodes distributed throughout the structure by performing a linear optimization using the extracted signal measurement of the path loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: John T. Brassil, Lee Edward Fuller, Christopher Thomas Pearson, Neil Cashman
  • Publication number: 20160187459
    Abstract: Examples of determining the position of a mobile device within a structure are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computing device may include a processor and a memory. The computing device may further include an extraction module stored in the memory and executing on the processor to extract from a location-based service data stream a signal measurement of the path loss between a mobile device and a plurality of radio nodes distributed throughout a structure. The computing device may also include a positioning determining module stored in the memory and executing on the processor to determine the position of the mobile device within the structure using a known location for each of the plurality of radio nodes distributed throughout the structure by performing a linear optimization using the extracted signal measurement of the path loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: John T. BRASSIL, Lee Edward FULLER, Christopher Thomas PEARSON, Neil CASHMAN
  • Patent number: 9376476
    Abstract: Prion peptides comprising prion epitopes and fusions thereof, that display enhanced immunogenicity are described. Also described are methods of treating and diagnosing prion disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: University of Saskatchewan
    Inventors: Scott Napper, Peter Hedlin, Philip Griebel, Lorne Babiuk, Neil Cashman, Avijit Chakrabartty, Andrew Potter
  • Publication number: 20160130363
    Abstract: There are provided herein novel monoclonal antibodies that selectively bind and/or activate TrkC receptors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and the use thereof for treating or preventing conditions which require activation of TrkC, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative conditions and motor neuron diseases. The monoclonal antibodies are useful to screen for agents that share the same binding epitope on the TrkC receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Horacio Uri Saragovi, Veronique Guillemard, Neil Cashman
  • Patent number: 9200080
    Abstract: There are provided herein novel monoclonal antibodies that selectively bind and/or activate TrkC receptors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and the use thereof for treating or preventing conditions which require activation of TrkC, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative conditions and motor neuron diseases. The monoclonal antibodies are useful to screen for agents that share the same binding epitope on the TrkC receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventors: Horacio Uri Saragovi, Véronique Guillemard, Neil Cashman
  • Publication number: 20150313976
    Abstract: Prion peptides comprising prion epitopes and fusions thereof, that display enhanced immunogenicity are described. Also described are methods of treating and diagnosing prion disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: University of Saskatchewan
    Inventors: Scott Napper, Peter Hedlin, Philip Griebel, Lorne Babiuk, Neil Cashman, Avijit Chakrabartty, Andrew Potter
  • Patent number: 9056918
    Abstract: Prion peptides comprising prion epitopes and fusions thereof, that display enhanced immunogenicity are described. Also described are methods of treating and diagnosing prion disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: University of Saskatchewan
    Inventors: Scott Napper, Peter Hedlin, Philip Griebel, Lorne Babiuk, Neil Cashman, Avijit Chakrabartty, Andrew Potter
  • Publication number: 20150004185
    Abstract: Prion peptides comprising prion epitopes and fusions thereof, that display enhanced immunogenicity are described. Also described are methods of treating and diagnosing prion disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: University of Saskatchewan
    Inventors: Kristen Marciniuk, Ryan Taschuk, Scott Napper, Andrew Potter, Neil Cashman
  • Publication number: 20140335538
    Abstract: The invention relates to an epitope protection assay for use in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention in diseases, for example, involving polypeptide aggregation, such as prion infections. The methods of the invention first block accessible polypeptide target epitope with a blocking agent. After denaturation of the polypeptide, a detecting agent is used to detect protein with target epitope that was inaccessible during contact with the blocking agent. The invention also relates to novel amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-specific epitopes and their uses to make antibodies, and to the novel antibodies and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventor: Neil Cashman
  • Patent number: 8828389
    Abstract: The invention relates to an epitope protection assay for use in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention in diseases, for example, involving polypeptide aggregation, such as prion infections. The methods of the invention first block accessible polypeptide target epitope with a blocking agent. After denaturation of the polypeptide, a detecting agent is used to detect protein with target epitope that was inaccessible during contact with the blocking agent. The invention also relates to novel amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-specific epitopes and their uses to make antibodies, and to the novel antibodies and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd.
    Inventor: Neil Cashman
  • Publication number: 20140004119
    Abstract: There are provided herein novel monoclonal antibodies that selectively bind and/or activate TrkC receptors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and the use thereof for treating or preventing conditions which require activation of TrkC, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative conditions and motor neuron diseases. The monoclonal antibodies are useful to screen for agents that share the same binding epitope on the TrkC receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING / MCGILL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Horacio Uri Saragovi, Véronique Guillemard, Neil Cashman
  • Publication number: 20120077212
    Abstract: The invention relates to an epitope protection assay for use in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention in diseases, for example, involving polypeptide aggregation, such as prion infections. The methods of the invention first block accessible polypeptide target epitope with a blocking agent. After denaturation of the polypeptide, a detecting agent is used to detect protein with target epitope that was inaccessible during contact with the blocking agent. The invention also relates to novel amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-specific epitopes and their uses to make antibodies, and to the novel antibodies and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: AMORFIX LIFE SCIENCES
    Inventor: Neil Cashman
  • Patent number: 8075891
    Abstract: The invention relates to an epitope protection assay for use in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention in diseases, for example, involving polypeptide aggregation, such as prion infections. The methods of the invention first block accessible polypeptide target epitope with a blocking agent. After denaturation of the polypeptide, a detecting agent is used to detect protein with target epitope that was inaccessible during contact with the blocking agent. The invention also relates to novel amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-specific epitopes and their uses to make antibodies, and to the novel antibodies and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd.
    Inventor: Neil Cashman
  • Publication number: 20110135673
    Abstract: The invention relates to an epitope protection assay for use in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention in diseases, for example, involving polypeptide aggregation, such as prion infections. The methods of the invention first block accessible polypeptide target epitope with a blocking agent. After denaturation of the polypeptide, a detecting agent is used to detect protein with target epitope that was inaccessible during contact with the blocking agent. The invention also relates to novel amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-specific epitopes and their uses to make antibodies, and to the novel antibodies and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: AMORFIX LIFE SCIENCES
    Inventor: Neil Cashman
  • Publication number: 20110124018
    Abstract: The invention relates to an epitope protection assay for use in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic intervention in diseases, for example, involving polypeptide aggregation, such as prion infections. The methods of the invention first block accessible polypeptide target epitope with a blocking agent. After denaturation of the polypeptide, a detecting agent is used to detect protein with target epitope that was inaccessible during contact with the blocking agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: AMORFIX LIFE SCIENCES LTD.
    Inventors: Neil Cashman, Marty Lehto