Patents by Inventor Alan R. Sanders

Alan R. Sanders 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).

  • Chromosomal markers and diagnostic tests for manic-depressive illness
    Publication number: 20030170668
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for determining a genotype associated with increased susceptibility to manic-depressive illness. The genotype is determined using markers for a region of chromosome 18 exhibiting linkage disequilibrium with manic-depressive illness. The invention also provides for a novel myo-inositol monophosphatase protein encoded for on chromosome 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: The Government of the USA, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Sevilla D. Detera-Wadleigh, Elliot S. Gershon, Judith A. Badner, Lynn R. Goldin, Wade H. Berrettini, Takeo Yoshikawa, Alan R. Sanders, Lisa E. Esterling
  • Polynucleotides encoding IMP.18p myo-inositol monophosphatase and methods of detecting said polynucleotides
    Patent number: 6458532
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for determining a genotype associated with increased susceptibility to manic-depressive illness. The genotype is determined using markers for a region of chromosome 18 exhibiting linkage disequilibrium with manic-depressive illness. The invention also provides for a novel myo-inositol monophosphatase protein encoded for on chromosome 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Sevilla D. Detera-Wadleigh, Takeo Yoshikawa, Alan R. Sanders, Lisa E. Esterling