Patents by Inventor Barry Ripps

Barry Ripps 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).

  • Detecting and treating reproductive tract disorders
    Patent number: 7049069
    Abstract: Methods for detecting and treating a female reproductive tract disorder relate to the discovery that IL-13 and IL-15 are differentially expressed in biological samples from subjects suffering from a reproductive tract disorder compared to samples from healthy subjects. A female reproductive tract disorder is detected by providing a biological sample derived from the subject; analyzing the expression of IL-13 and/or IL-15 in the sample; and correlating the expression of the cytokine with the presence or absence of the female reproductive tract disorder in the subject. Cytokine expression is modulated in female reproductive tract tissue by contacting the tissue with an agent that modulates expression of IL-13 and/or IL-15 in the tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: University of Florida
    Inventors: Nasser Chegini, Robert Stanford Williams, Barry Ripps
  • Detecting and treating reproductive tract disorders
    Publication number: 20030032044
    Abstract: Methods for detecting and treating a female reproductive tract disorder relate to the discovery that IL-13 and IL-15 are differentially expressed in biological samples from subjects suffering from a reproductive tract disorder compared to samples from healthy subjects. A female reproductive tract disorder is detected by providing a biological sample derived from the subject; analyzing the expression of IL-13 and/or IL-15 in the sample; and correlating the expression of the cytokine with the presence or absence of the female reproductive tract disorder in the subject. Cytokine expression is modulated in female reproductive tract tissue by contacting the tissue with an agent that modulates expression of IL-13 and/or IL-15 in the tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Nasser Chegini, Robert Stanford Williams, Barry Ripps