Patents by Inventor Emmanuel Comoy

Emmanuel Comoy 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).

  • Method for diagnosing a transmissible spongiform subacute encephalopathy caused by an unconventional transmissible agent strain in a biological sample
    Patent number: 7429463
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for diagnosing a transmissible spongiform subacute encephalopathy (TSSE) caused by an unconventional transmissible agent (UTA) or prion. The method involves treating a sample suspected of containing a prion with proteinase K for a time and under conditions that completely degrade normal prion protein (Prp-sen), but which only partially digest abnormal prion protein (PrP-res) so that all or some of the octapeptide motif repeats comprising P(H/Q)GGG(-/T)WGQ (SEQ ID NO: 1) in the abnormal prion protein (Prp-res) are retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Commissariat A l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Deslys, Emmanuel Comoy, Jacques Grassi
  • Method for diagnosing a transmissible spongiform subacute encephalyopathy caused by an unconventional transmissible agent strain in a biological sample
    Patent number: 7097997
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for diagnosing a transmissible spongiform subacute encephalopathy (TSSE) caused by an unconventional transmissible agent (UTA) or prion. The method involves treating a sample suspected of containing a prion with proteinase K for a time and under conditions that completely degrade normal prion protein (Prp-sen), but which only partially digest abnormal prion protein (PrP-res) so that all or some of the octapeptide motif repeats comprising P(H/Q)GGG(-/T)WGQ (SEQ ID NO: 1) in the abnormal prion protein (Prp-res) are retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Deslys, Emmanuel Comoy, Jacques Grassi
  • Method for diagnosing a transmissible spongiform subacute encephalopathy caused by an unconventional transmissible agent strain in a biological sample
    Publication number: 20060084130
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for diagnosing a transmissible spongiform subacute encephalopathy (TSSE) caused by an unconventional transmissible agent (UTA) or prion. The method involves treating a sample suspected of containing a prion with proteinase K for a time and under conditions that completely degrade normal prion protein (Prp-sen), but which only partially digest abnormal prion protein (PrP-res) so that all or some of the octapeptide motif repeats comprising P(H/Q)GGG(?/T)WGQ (SEQ ID NO: 1) in the abnormal prion protein (Prp-res) are retained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Deslys, Emmanuel Comoy, Jacques Grassi
  • Device and method for taking biological sample
    Patent number: 6792305
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for collecting a soft biological sample and to a method for using the same. The device comprises a hollow cylindrical body (10) with two openings (10A, 10B), one at each end, wherein a piston (12) with a rod (14) is inserted via a first end and the piston-and-rod assembly can be displaced back and forth inside the hollow cylindrically (10), the opening in the second end (10B) of the hollow cylindrical body (10) has a slicing edge (10B) and this second end carries a cutting wire arranged across its opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Pasteur
    Inventors: Michel Rastorgoueff, Jean-Philippe Deslys, Emmanuel Comoy
  • Device and method for taking biological sample
    Publication number: 20030082797
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for taking a soft biological sample and a method for the implementation thereof. The device comprises a hollow cylindrical body (10) with two openings (10A, 10B), one at each end, wherein a piston (12) with a rod (14) is inserted via a first end and the piston and rod unit can be displaced back and forth inside the hollow cylindrical body (10). The opening of the second end (10B) of the hollow cylindrical body (10) has a cutting edge (10B). Said second end comprises a cutting wire which is disposed across the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Michel Rastorgoueff, Jean-Philippe Deslys, Emmanuel Comoy