Patents by Inventor Alan Escher

Alan Escher 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 for preventing or delaying the onset of diabetes
    Publication number: 20070004659
    Abstract: A method for preventing, delaying the onset of or treating diabetes in a patient comprising selecting a patient who is susceptible to developing diabetes, who is developing diabetes or who is diabetic and administering to the patient one or more than one dose of a pharmaceutical agent comprising a polynucleotide encoding a secreted exogenous protein, such as a secreted luciferase or a secreted form of human glutamic acid decarboxylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Alan Escher, Jingxue Liu
  • Substances for preventing and treating autoimmune diseases
    Publication number: 20050239729
    Abstract: A substance for preventing, delaying the onset of, or treating one or more than one autoimmune disease, the substance comprising a polynucleotide construct comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding the pro-apoptotic protein BAX and encoding one or more than one autoantigen for the autoimmune disease. A method for preventing, delaying the onset of or treating an autoimmune disease in a patient comprising selecting a patient who is susceptible to developing the autoimmune disease, who is developing the autoimmune disease or who has the autoimmune disease and administering to the patient one or more than one dose of a polynucleotide construct comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding the pro-apoptotic protein BAX and encoding one or more than one autoantigen for an autoimmune disease, or comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding the adenoviral protein E3-GP19k, or comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding ?BCL-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Alan Escher, Fengchun Li
  • A METHOD OF DELAYING THE ONSET OF DIABETES
    Publication number: 20050187173
    Abstract: A method for preventing, delaying the onset of or treating diabetes in a patient comprising selecting a patient who is susceptible to developing diabetes, who is developing diabetes or who is diabetic and administering to the patient one or more than one dose of a pharmaceutical agent comprising a polynucleotide encoding a secreted exogenous protein, such as a secreted luciferase or a secreted form of human glutamic acid decarboxylase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Alan Escher, Jingxue Liu