Patents by Inventor Colin N. Chesterman

Colin N. Chesterman 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).

  • Methods for determining anti-phospholipid and anti-cardiolipin antibodies
    Patent number: 5344758
    Abstract: A method for determining whether antiphospholipid antibodies are present in a sample is disclosed. The method comprises contacting the sample with a negatively charged phospholipid and with .beta.-2-glycoprotein-I or a homolog or analog thereof and determining whether any antiphospholipid antibodies have bound to the contacted phospholipid and .beta.-2-glycoprotein-I, wherein detection of binding of antiphospholipid antibodies to the phospholipid and .beta.-2-glycoprotein-I, is indicative that antiphospholipid antibodies are present in the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Yamasa Shoyu Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Steven A. Krilis, Hugh P. McNeill, Colin N. Chesterman