Patents by Inventor David Jean-Claude Meyre

David Jean-Claude Meyre 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).

  • FTO GENE POLYMORPHISMS ASSOCIATED TO OBESITY AND/OR TYPE II DIABETES
    Publication number: 20110123981
    Abstract: The present invention provides means and methods for risk assessment and/or diagnosis and/or prognosis of obesity and/or type II diabetes in humans, based on the detection of nucleic acid biomarkers belonging to, or associated with, a set of SNPs in the fatso (FTO) gene. The present invention also provides means and methods for identifying a SNP haplotype associated with obesity and/or type II diabetes susceptibility in humans, for selecting pharmaceutical agents useful in prevention and/or treatment of obesity and/or type II diabetes in humans, for haplotyping the fatso (FTO) gene in humans.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Christian Rafael Dina, Sophie Catherine Gallina Delamare, Jean-Claude Chevre, David Jean-Claude Meyre, Philippe Froguel