Patents by Inventor William Davis Parker

William Davis Parker 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 targeting conjugate molecules to mitochondria
    Patent number: 6171859
    Abstract: The present invention relates to genetic mutations in mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase genes that segregate with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The invention provides methods for detecting such mutations, as a diagnostic for Alzheimer's Disease, either before or after the onset of clinical symptoms. The invention further provides treatment of cytochrome c oxidase dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Mitokor
    Inventors: Corinna Herrnstadt, William Davis Parker
  • Methods for detecting mitochondrial mutations diagnostic for Alzheimer's disease and methods for determining heteroplasmy of mitochondrial nucleic acid
    Patent number: 5976798
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of detecting genetic mutations in mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase c genes that segregate with Alzheimer's Disease and methods for determining the amount of heteroplasmy of mitochondrial nucleic acid. The invention provides methods for detecting such mutations, as a diagnostic for Alzheimer's Disease, either before or after the onset of clinical symptoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Mitokor
    Inventors: William Davis Parker, Corinna Herrnstadt, Soumitra Ghosh, Eoin D. Fahy