Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Kmiecik

Thomas E. Kmiecik 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 stimulating bone marrow regeneration
    Patent number: 5888965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a complex comprising hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and met proto-oncogene protein. The present invention also relates to methods for detecting the presence of HGF ligand, met proto-oncogene receptor and methods for isolating either the ligand or receptor or complex comprising both. The present invention further relates to methods of diagnostic proliferative disorders and diseases such as hepatitis or hepatocarcinogenesis by detecting these ligand-receptor pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kmiecik, George F. Vande Woude
  • Methods for stimulating hematopoietic progenitors using hepatocyte growth factor and lymphokines
    Patent number: 5362716
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a complex comprising hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and met proto-oncogene protein. The present invention also relates to methods for detecting the presence of HGF ligand, met proto-oncogene receptor and methods for isolating either the ligand or receptor or complex comprising both. The present invention further relates to methods of diagnostic proliferative disorders and diseases such as hepatitis or hepatocarcinogenesis by detecting these ligand-receptor pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Thomas E. Kmiecik, George F. Vande Woude