Patents by Inventor Avshalom Caspi

Avshalom Caspi 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 for assessing predisposition to depression
    Patent number: 7972779
    Abstract: The present invention relates to diagnostic methods for assessing predisposition of a subject to a mental disorder phenotype having an association with an at-risk allele of a brain-functional gene having a plurality of alleles, the association being conditioned by a pathogenic environmental risk factor status condition. Additionally, the invention relates to methods for discovering a conditional association between a mental disorder phenotype and an at-risk allele of a brain-functional gene having a plurality of alleles, the association being conditioned by a pathogenic environmental risk factor status condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt
  • Method for assessing behavioral predisposition
    Patent number: 7479380
    Abstract: The present invention relates to diagnostic methods for assessing predisposition of a subject to a mental disorder phenotype having an association with an at-risk allele of a brain-functional gene having a plurality of alleles, the association being conditioned by a pathogenic environmental risk factor status condition. Additionally, the invention relates to methods for discovering a conditional association between a mental disorder phenotype and an at-risk allele of a brain-functional gene having a plurality of alleles, the association being conditioned by a pathogenic environmental risk factor status condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt
  • Method for assessing behavioral predisposition
    Publication number: 20050037405
    Abstract: The present invention relates to diagnostic methods for assessing predisposition of a subject to a mental disorder phenotype having an association with an at-risk allele of a brain-functional gene having a plurality of alleles, the association being conditioned by a pathogenic environmental risk factor status condition. Additionally, the invention relates to methods for discovering a conditional association between a mental disorder phenotype and an at-risk allele of a brain-functional gene having a plurality of alleles, the association being conditioned by a pathogenic environmental risk factor status condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Avshalom Caspi, Terrie Moffitt
  • Method for assessing behavorial predisposition
    Publication number: 20050009035
    Abstract: The present invention relates to diagnostic methods for assessing predisposition of a subject to a mental disorder phenotype having an association with an at-risk allele of a brain-functional gene having a plurality of alleles, the association being conditioned by a pathogenic environmental risk factor status condition. Additionally, the invention relates to methods for discovering a conditional association between a mental disorder phenotype and an at-risk allele of a brain-functional gene having a plurality of alleles, the association being conditioned by a pathogenic environmental risk factor status condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Avshalom Caspi, Terrie Moffitt