Patents by Inventor Asmae Smahi

Asmae Smahi 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).

  • Diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions associated with defective NFkappa B(NF-&kgr;B) activation
    Patent number: 6824972
    Abstract: Incontinentia Pigmenti (IP) is a neurocutaneous genodermatosis that segregates as an X-linked dominant disorder with a high probability of prenatal male lethality. A locus in Xq28 containing NF-&kgr;B Essential Modulator, a gene product involved in the activation of NF-kB and central to many pro-inflammatory and apoptotic pathways, contains mutations in the majority of cases of IP. Disclosed are methods, compositions and kits directed to a defect in a NF-&kgr;B related disease such as IP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignees: Baylor College of Medicine, Cambridge University Technical Services Limited, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Richerche, INSERM, L'Institut Pasteur
    Inventors: Sue J. Kenwrick, Hayley Woffendin, Arnold Munnich, Asmae Smahi, Alain Israel, Annemarie Poustka, Nina Heiss, Michele D'Urso, Richard A. Lewis, David L. Nelson, Swaroop Aradhya, Moise Levy
  • Diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions associated with defective NFkappa B(NF-kappaB) activation
    Publication number: 20030032055
    Abstract: Incontinentia Pigmenti (IP) is a neurocutaneous genodermatosis that segregates as an X-linked dominant disorder with a high probability of prenatal male lethality. A locus in Xq28 containing NF-&kgr;B Essential Modulator, a gene product involved in the activation of NF-kB and central to many pro-inflammatory and apoptotic pathways, contains mutations in the majority of cases of IP. Disclosed are methods, compositions and kits directed to a defect in a NF-&kgr;B related disease such as IP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Sue J. Kenwrick, Hayley Woffendin, Arnold Munnich, Asmae Smahi, Alain Israel, Annemarie Poustka, Nina Heiss, Michele D'Urso, Richard Alan Lewis, David L. Nelson, Swaroop Aradhya, Moise Levy