Patents by Inventor Andrea M. Vortkamp

Andrea M. Vortkamp 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).

  • Methods and compositions for regulating skeletogenic formation
    Patent number: 6884775
    Abstract: The present application is directed to the discovery that hedgehog proteins, and agents which effect the activities thereof, can be used to control the formation and/or maintenance of cartilage and bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Imperial Cancer Research Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Clifford J. Tabin, Andrew P. McMahon, Philip W. Ingham, Andrea M. Vortkamp