Patents by Inventor Ake Pousette

Ake Pousette 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).

  • Vitamin d upregulated protein 1 (vdup-) methods and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050143357
    Abstract: A method for selecting a compound or a composition of matter for treatment of hyperproliferative disorders of the prostate in a mammal by administering the compound or the composition to a mammal (in vivo) or to a prostate cell culture (in vitro) and assessing the effect of the compound or the composition on the content of the transcription and/or translation product of a gene under the influence of at least one regulatory region of Vitamin D upregulated protein 1 (VDUP-1) gene and optionally assessing the effect of the compound or the composition on the content of apoptosis signalling kinase (ASK-1) and/or thioredoxin, in the prostate cells of said mammal or in the cells of the prostate cell culture. A substance for use in the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders of the prostate selected by the above method, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said substance, a method of treatment by of a hyperproliferative disorder of the prostate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Ake Pousette, Gunnar Norstedt, Jacob Pang
  • Method for improving sperm motility
    Patent number: 5453354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a macromolecule of proteinaceous nature which activates sperm motility, a process for the preparation thereof by purification of the macromolecule from extracellular fluids, pharmaceutical preparations containing the macromolecule and antibodies directed against determinants specific to the macromolecule and the use thereof as a method to assay the potential fertility of sperm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignees: Eva Akerlof, Ake Pousette, Applied Research Systems ARS Holding N.V.
    Inventors: Eva Akerlof, Ake Pousette
  • Protein complex enhancing sperm motility
    Patent number: 5304464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a macromolecule of proteinaceous nature which activates sperm motility, a process for the preparation thereof by purification of the macromolecule from extracellular fluids, pharmaceutical preparations containing the macromolecule and antibodies directed against determinants specific to the macromolecule and the use thereof as a method to assay the potential fertility of sperm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignees: Eva Akerlof, Ake Pousette, Applied Research Systems ARS Holding N.V.
    Inventors: Eva Akerlof, Ake Pousette