Patents by Inventor Atou Lô

Atou Lô 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).

  • Detection of the end-position sialic acid groups of the human transferrin molecule
    Patent number: 6514716
    Abstract: The subject matter of this invention is a method of determining terminal sialic acid residues in human transferrin according to a sandwich principle, which is characterized in that the sample fluid containing the human transferrin is incubated with a first receptor which binds specifically to human transferrin, the thus-formed complex is separated from the sample fluid and incubated with a second receptor which binds specifically to terminal sialic acid residues in human transferrin, the second receptor being bound or able to bind to a marker, and the complex made up of the first receptor, human transferrin and the second receptor is determined with the marker. According to one embodiment, the method of the invention allows the determination of sialic-acid-deficient human transferrin in body fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Inventor: Atou Lô