Patents by Inventor Biao Yang

Biao Yang 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).

  • .sigma.-2 receptors as biomarkers of tumor cell proliferation
    Patent number: 6113877
    Abstract: The invention provides detectably-labeled compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A, B, C, D, E, F, R, X, Y and Z have any of the meanings given in the specification, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, are useful in competitive assays to assay for the presence of .sigma.2 receptors. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such a compound of formula (I), methods for their use and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Wake Forest University
    Inventors: Robert H. Mach, Kenneth T. Wheeler, Biao Yang, Steven R. Childers