Patents by Inventor Davangere Devanand

Davangere Devanand 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).

  • Olfactory identification tests for cognitive diseases and disorders
    Publication number: 20070077204
    Abstract: The present invention provides smell tests (odor identification tests) that are shorter that UPSIT, yet has a statistical sensitivity and specificity equivalent to or better than UPSIT. The odor identification tests of the invention are based on a core set of six odorants, where the six odorants can be selected from the following group of odorants: menthol, clove, leather, strawberry, lilac, pineapple, smoke, soap, natural gas and lemon. The present invention provides odor identification tests that can: (1) discriminate between subjects who are normal and who have a neuropsychiatric condition, cognitive disease or disorder, and/or (2) predict which subjects with mild cognitive disorders will develop various neuropsychiatric conditions or cognitive diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Davangere Devanand, Matthias Tabert, Xinhua Liu, Richard Doty