Patents by Inventor Deborah J. Anderson

Deborah J. Anderson 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).

  • Complement components and binding ligands in fertility
    Patent number: 5665556
    Abstract: Methods for detecting and isolating acrosome-reacted sperm and complement receptor-bearing oocytes using the complement component C3, fragments, or variants thereof, antibodies to a complement receptor, or antibodies to C3, are disclosed. These methods have application in the assessment of fertility, in the preparation of sperm or oocytes for in vitro fertilization or for gamete intrafallopian tube transfer, in promoting or inhibiting fertilization in vitro and in vivo, and in diagnosing and treating infertility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Inventors: Deborah J. Anderson, Peter M. Johnson, Richard M. Jack
  • Complement components and binding ligands in fertility
    Patent number: 5474927
    Abstract: Methods for detecting and isolating acrosome-reacted sperm and complement receptor-bearing oocytes using the complement component C3, fragments, or variants thereof, antibodies to a complement receptor, or antibodies to C3, are disclosed. These methods have application in the assessment of fertility, in the preparation of sperm or oocytes for in vitro fertilization or for gamete intrafallopian tube transfer, in promoting or inhibiting fertilization in vitro and in vivo, and in diagnosing and treating infertility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Assignee: Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Inventors: Deborah J. Anderson, Peter M. Johnson, Richard M. Jack