Patents by Inventor Andrea Harmer

Andrea Harmer 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
    Publication number: 20160103135
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of detecting the presence of anti-MHC antibodies in a sample comprising contacting said sample with one or more recombinant MHC molecules or functionally equivalent variants, derivatives or fragments thereof and detecting the binding or absence of binding of antibodies to said recombinant MHC molecules. This method allows the detection and/or identification of one or more specific MHC particularly HLA allele antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicants: OXFORD RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL NHS ("ORH") TRUST OF THE JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON, GUY'S & ST. THOMAS' HOSPITAL NHS TRUST ("GST")
    Inventors: Martin BARNARDO, Andrea Harmer, Michael Bunce, Robert Vaughan, Kenneth Welsh
  • METHODS OF DEPLETING ANTIBODIES DIRECTED TOWARDS MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX
    Publication number: 20150260622
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of depleting anti-MHC antibodies in a sample comprising contacting said sample with one or more recombinant MHC molecules or functionally equivalent variants, derivatives or fragments thereof and removing at least the recombinant MHC molecules to which antibodies to said recombinant MHC molecules contained within the sample have bound. This method allows the depletion of one or more specific MHC particularly HLA allele antibodies from a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicants: OXFORD RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL NHS ("ORH") TRUST OF THE JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON, GUY'S & ST. THOMAS' HOSPITAL NHS TRUST ("GST")
    Inventors: Martin BARNARDO, Andrea Harmer, Michael Bunce, Robert Vaughan, Kenneth Welsh
  • Methods of depleting antibodies directed towards major histocompatibility complex
    Publication number: 20140273267
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of depleting anti-MHC antibodies in a sample comprising contacting said sample with one or more recombinant MHC molecules or functionally equivalent variants, derivatives or fragments thereof and removing at least the recombinant MHC molecules to which antibodies to said recombinant MHC molecules contained within the sample have bound. This method allows the depletion of one or more specific MHC particularly HLA allele antibodies from a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: GUY'S &ST THOMAS' HOSPITAL NHS TRUST ('GST'), OXORD RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL NHS ('ORH") TRUST OF THE JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
    Inventors: Martin Barnardo, Andrea Harmer, Michael Bunce, Robert Vaughan, Kenneth Welsh
  • Method
    Publication number: 20140178857
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of detecting the presence of anti-MHC antibodies in a sample comprising contacting said sample with one or more recombinant MHC molecules or functionally equivalent variants, derivatives or fragments thereof and detecting the binding or absence of binding of antibodies to said recombinant MHC molecules. This method allows the detection and/or identification of one or more specific MHC particularly HLA allele antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: GUY'S & ST THOMAS' HOSPITAL NHS TRUST ("GST"), OXFORD RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL NHS ("ORH") TRUST OF THE JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
    Inventors: Martin C. Barnardo, Andrea Harmer, Michael Bunce, Robert Vaughan, Kenneth Welsh
  • Method
    Publication number: 20080057521
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of detecting the presence of anti-MHC antibodies in a sample comprising contacting said sample with one or more recombinant MHC molecules or functionally equivalent variants, derivatives or fragments thereof and detecting the binding or absence of binding of antibodies to said recombinant MHC molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Martin Barnardo, Andrea Harmer, Michael Bunce, Robert Vaughn, Kenneth Walsh
  • Methods of depleting antibodies directed towards major histocompatibility complex
    Publication number: 20070141050
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of depleting anti-MHC antibodies in a sample comprising contacting said sample with one or more recombinant MHC molecules or functionally equivalent variants, derivatives or fragments thereof and removing at least the recombinant MHC molecules to which antibodies to said recombinant MHC molecules contained within the sample have bound. This method allows the depletion of one or more specific MHC particularly HLA allele antibodies from a sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Martin Barnardo, Andrea Harmer, Michael Bunce, Robert Vaughan, Kenneth Welsh