Patents by Inventor Christine Krutzsch

Christine Krutzsch 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 Semenogelin in the Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment of Cancer
    Publication number: 20100112626
    Abstract: Method of diagnosing cancer in a mammal comprising assaying a test sample from the mammal for an increased level of semenogelin, wherein the increased level of semenogelin in the test sample is diagnostic for the cancer; methods of prognosticating and assessing the effectiveness of treatment of a cancer in a mammal based on the level of semenogelin in a test sample; a composition comprising (a) an immune-response inducing effective amount of (i) semenogelin or polypeptide fragment thereof or (ii) antibody thereto or (b) a recombinant vector encoding and expressing an immune-response inducing effective amount of (i) or (ii); a method of inducing an immune response to a cancer in a mammal comprising administering to the mammal the foregoing composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health & Human Services
    Inventors: David D. Roberts, Henry C. Krutzsch, Christine Krutzsch
  • Use of semenogelin in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer
    Patent number: 7618789
    Abstract: Method of diagnosing cancer in a male mammal comprising obtaining and assaying a test sample for an increased level of semenogelin; method of diagnosing cancer in a female mammal comprising obtaining and assaying a test sample for the presence of semenogelin; methods of prognosticating and assessing the effectiveness of treatment of a cancer in a mammal comprising measuring the level of semenogelin in a test sample; method of inducing an immune response to a cancer in a mammal comprising administering to the mammal a composition comprising (a) an immune-response inducing effective amount of (i) semenogelin or (ii) antibody thereto or (b) a recombinant vector encoding and expressing an immune-response inducing effective amount of (i) or (ii); and composition comprising a carrier and (a) an immune-response inducing effective amount of (i) a polypeptide of any of SEQ ID NOS:1-27 or (ii) antibody thereto or (b) a recombinant vector encoding and expressing an immune-response inducing effective amount of (i) or (ii
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: David D. Roberts, Henry C. Krutzsch, Christine Krutzsch, legal representative
  • Use of semenogelin in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer
    Publication number: 20040214248
    Abstract: Method of diagnosing cancer in a male mammal comprising obtaining and assaying a test sample for an increased level of semenogelin method of diagnostic cancer in a female mammal comprising obtaining and assaying a test sample for the presence of semenogelin methods of prognosticating and assessing the effectiveness of treatment of a cancer in a mammal comprising measuring the level of semenogelin in a test sample method of inducing an immune response to a cancer in a mammal comprising administering to the mammal a composition comprising (a) an immune-response inducing effective amount of (i) semenogelin or (ii) antibody thereto or (b) a recombinant vector encoding and expressing an immune-response inducing effective amount of (i) or (ii); and composition comprising a carrier and (a) an immune-response inducing effective amount of (i) a polypeptide of any of SEQ ID NOS:1-27 or (ii) antibody thereto or (b) a recombinant vector encoding and expressing an immune-response inducing effective amount of (i) or (ii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventors: David D. Roberts, Christine Krutzsch