Patents by Inventor Amin R. Lane

Amin R. Lane 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).

  • BINDING OF PATHOLOGICAL FORMS OF PRION PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20100184054
    Abstract: A process for the selective binding of an aggregating abnormal form of a protein in the presence of the nonaggregating normal form of the protein, including contacting under selective binding conditions a material containing both the abnormal and normal forms with a binding agent which is a polyionic material having a binding avidity for the aggregating form of the protein as present in the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSENS BIOPHAGE LIMITED
    Inventors: Amin R. Lane, Christopher J. Stanley, Stuart M. Wilson
  • Binding of pathological forms of prion proteins
    Patent number: 7659076
    Abstract: Infective aggregating forms of proteins such as PrP, amyloid, and tau are bound selectively in the presence of the normal form protein using a polyionic binding agent such as dextran sulphate or pentosan (anionic), or polyamine compounds such as pDADMAC (cationic) under selective binding conditions including the use of n-lauroylsarcosine at mildly alkaline pH, and may then be assayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Microsens Biophage Limited
    Inventors: Amin R. Lane, Christopher J. Stanley, Stuart M. Wilson