Patents by Inventor Agnetha Josefsson

Agnetha Josefsson 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 and kit for early cancer prediction
    Patent number: 6420106
    Abstract: The present invention is within the field of early cancer prediction. More closely, the invention relates to a method and kit for predicting virus-associated cervical cancer in a human subject. In the method the amount of viral nucleic acid is normalized in relation to the amount of sample from a human subject. Using specific primers and probes in a DNA amplification kit of the invention, a value of relative viral load is obtained which enables prediction of risk of cervical cancer several years before any symptoms thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Quantovir AB
    Inventors: Ulf Gyllensten, Agnetha Josefsson, Patrik Magnusson