Patents by Inventor Allen W. Chiu

Allen W. Chiu 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).

  • HURP gene as a molecular marker for bladder cancer
    Patent number: 7217515
    Abstract: Hepatoma up-regulated protein (HURP) gene serves as a useful molecular marker in the detection, preliminary screening and monitoring of bladder cancer in a human subject. A method for the detection of bladder cancer, in particular transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder, in a human subject is disclosed, in which the detected expression of the human HURP gene in a sample taken from a subject suspected to have bladder cancer is indicative of the presence of the bladder cancer. The present invention further provides a non-invasive method for the detection, preliminary screening or monitoring of urinary TCC in a suspected subject, in which a urine sample taken from the subject is analyzed to determine an expression of the human HURP gene, the presence of which is indicative of the presence of urinary TCC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Chi Mei Foundation Medical Center
    Inventors: Allen W. Chiu, Yu-Lun Huang, Chen-Kung Chou
  • HURP gene as a molecular marker for bladder cancer
    Publication number: 20040072166
    Abstract: Hepatoma up-regulated protein (HURP) gene serves as a useful molecular marker in the detection, preliminary screening and monitoring of bladder cancer in a human subject. A method for the detection of bladder cancer, in particular transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder, in a human subject is disclosed, in which the detected expression of the human HURP gene in a sample taken from a subject suspected to have bladder cancer is indicative of the presence of the bladder cancer. The present invention further provides a non-invasive method for the detection, preliminary screening or monitoring of urinary TCC in a suspected subject, in which a urine sample taken from the subject is analyzed to determine an expression of the human HURP gene, the presence of which is indicative of the presence of urinary TCC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: CHI MEI FOUNDATION MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventors: Allen W. Chiu, Yu-Lun Huang, Chen-Kung Chou