Patents by Inventor Philip S Rudland

Philip S Rudland 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).

  • Metastasis inducing DNA's
    Patent number: 6875429
    Abstract: The invention relates to metastasis inducing DNA's, a method of identifying such DNA's and their use in diagnosis and therapy. It includes a method of screening and recovering met-DNA comprising the steps of: (i) transferring fragments of human DNA from malignant, metastatic cancer cells into a cell line that produces only benign, non-metastasizing tumors when injected into a syngeneic animal; (ii) injecting the transformed cells into the syngenic animal; (iii) selecting those animals in which metastasizing tumors have been identified; and (iv) recovering the met-DNA therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: University of Liverpool
    Inventors: Philip S Rudland, Roger B Barraclough