Patents by Inventor Chiara Agrati

Chiara Agrati 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).

  • Publication number: 20070178533
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for the immuno-diagnosis of diseases with different aetiology (infectious diseases, tumors etc) by measurement of the T cell response J, B and NK lymphocytes) induced by a set of diseasespecific antigens. The method is based on the quantitative determination of antigenspecific T lymphocytes (referred as Ag-Sp), stimulated by using a newly devised pathology-specific antigen or epitope compositions which represent further embodiments of the invention. After stimulation, the selective measurement of the Ag-Sp T lymphocytes is performed by: A) monoclonal antibodies recognizing membrane structures of T lymphocytes and of their sub-populations; B) monoclonal antibodies binding to cytokines accumulating at intracellular level after the stimulation with the antigen; or C) mixtures of A) and B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Fabrizio Poccia, Christiana Gioia, Chiara Agrati, Carla Montesano, Massimo Amicosante, Rita Casetti, Gianpiero D'Offizi, Douglas Horejsh, Federico Martini, Maria Capobianchi, Leopoldo Pucillo, Raffaele Perrone Donnorso, Giuseppe Ippolito