Patents by Inventor Charles J. Lockwood

Charles J. Lockwood 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).

  • Use of fibronectin having a variable included type III repeat sequence as a marker for toxemia in pregnancy
    Patent number: 5108898
    Abstract: The elevation of human cellular fibronectin monomers having a variably included Type III repeat in a pregnant woman, as early as the first trimester, has been found to precede the onset of the clinical manifestations of toxemia and correlate with the severity of the disease state. The present invention provides a means of detection for and the monitoring of the toxemias of pregnancy, particularly preeclampsia and eclampsia, by the use a marker, human fibronectin having a variably included Type III repeat sequence, ED1 or ED2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Inventors: John H. Peters, Charles J. Lockwood