Patents by Inventor Andrew Jeremy Wakefield

Andrew Jeremy Wakefield 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).

  • Diagnostic and therapeutic system for Crohn's disease and Colitia ulcerosa
    Patent number: 6309819
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a diagnostic system for the detection of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis by means of nucleotide amplification reactions, in situ or in vitro which detection means are specific for the measles virus and are capable of distinguishing between the “wild” type and the attenuated measles virus strains. The invention further provides a use in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of Crohn's disease and/or ulcerative colitis which medicament comprises a suitable vector carrying antisense RNA to specific viral proteins which are consequently inhibited from being expressed in the host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventor: Andrew Jeremy Wakefield