Patents by Inventor Chih-Ping Mao

Chih-Ping Mao 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: 20240246076
    Abstract: Described are chips for detecting a target in a sample including a microfluidic flow chamber comprising one or more flow channels having a capture surface and at least one micromixer. Described are methods of using this chip wherein targets are identified by total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Chih-Ping Mao, Shih-Chin Wang, Jie Xiao, T.C. Wu, Chien-Fu Hung
  • Patent number: 11987606
    Abstract: The disclosure features compounds comprising an antigen portion, a soluble Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecule portion (e.g., all or an antigen-binding portion of a soluble MHC class I molecule), and a dynamic anchor portion (e.g., an agent, such as Annexin V, that binds to phosphatidylserine). The featured compounds are useful for a variety of therapeutic applications, including, e.g., enhancing a T cell response to an antigen of interest or enhancing a T cell-driven immune response by a subject to an antigen of interest (e.g., a cancer antigen or a microbial antigen).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Tzyy-Choou Wu, Chih-Ping Mao, Chien-Fu Hung
  • Publication number: 20220203361
    Abstract: This document relates to methods and materials for assessing and/or treating mammals (e.g., humans) having, or suspected of having, cancer. For example, methods and materials for identifying a mammal as having cancer are provided. For example, microfluidic devices that can be used to detect one or more target polypeptides (e.g., cancer-specific polypeptides) in a fluid sample obtained from a mammal (e.g., a mammal suspected of having cancer) are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Chih-Ping Mao, Shih-Chin Wang, Jie Xiao, Tzyy Choou Wu, Chien-Fu Hung
  • Publication number: 20190308190
    Abstract: Described are chips for detecting a target in a sample including a microfluidic flow chamber comprising one or more flow channels having a capture surface and at least one micromixer. Described are methods of using this chip wherein targets are identified by total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Chih-Ping Mao, Shih-Chin Wang, Jie Xiao, T.C. Wu, Chien-Fu Hung
  • Publication number: 20180037621
    Abstract: The disclosure features compounds comprising an antigen portion, a soluble Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecule portion (e.g., all or an antigen-binding portion of a soluble MHC class I molecule), and a dynamic anchor portion (e.g., an agent, such as Annexin V, that binds to phosphatidylserine). The featured compounds are useful for a variety of therapeutic applications, including, e.g., enhancing a T cell response to an antigen of interest or enhancing a T cell-driven immune response by a subject to an antigen of interest (e.g., a cancer antigen or a microbial antigen).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Tzyy-Choou Wu, Chih-Ping Mao, Chien-Fu Hung