Patents by Inventor Cornelia I. Bargmann

Cornelia I. Bargmann 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).

  • Detection of point mutations in neu genes
    Patent number: 4935341
    Abstract: Oligonucleotide probes reactive with regions of neu oncogenes of mammalian origin in which the mutation causing activation of such oncogenes is contained are described, as are methods for their use in detecting the presence of neu oncogenes in tumor cells. Antibodies specific for gene products encoded by neu oncogenes are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
    Inventors: Cornelia I. Bargmann, Robert A. Weinberg
  • Methods and artificial genes for antagonizing the function of an oncogene
    Patent number: 4740463
    Abstract: A method of antagonizing the effects of an oncogene by constructing an artificial gene which antagonizes the function of the oncogene is described herein. In one embodiment, the artificial gene comprises a transcriptional promoter segment, an inverted oncogene segment, and a polyadenylation segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Robert A. Weinberg, Cornelia I. Bargmann, David F. Stern